#ECC36D#ECC36D

#ECC36D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.115 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC36D
RGB	rgb(236, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, 4.42, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 48.44, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% 0.0112 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.115 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8700, 57.9703, 22.6590)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC36D #6D96EC

analogous

#EC836D #ECC36D #D5EC6D

triadic

#ECC36D #6DECC3 #C36DEC

tetradic

#ECC36D #6DEC83 #6D96EC #EC6DD5

square

#ECC36D #6DEC83 #6D96EC #EC6DD5

split-complementary

#ECC36D #6DD5EC #836DEC

monochromatic

#C58E1A #E5AD37 #ECC36D #F3D9A3 #FAF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#ECC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC36D

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC36D	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.115 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d599',
    500: '#ecc36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc36d;
$custom-light: #f5d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.63,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8355,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC36D

secondary

#3A66C3

accent

#4ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC36D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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