#ECC36E#ECC36E

#ECC36E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.114 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC36E
RGB	rgb(236, 195, 110)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, 4.50, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 47.98, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% 0.0116 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.114 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9241, 57.9920, 22.9441)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC36E #6E97EC

analogous

#EC846E #ECC36E #D6EC6E

triadic

#ECC36E #6EECC3 #C36EEC

tetradic

#ECC36E #6EEC84 #6E97EC #EC6ED6

square

#ECC36E #6EEC84 #6E97EC #EC6ED6

split-complementary

#ECC36E #6ED6EC #846EEC

monochromatic

#C68E1A #E5AD38 #ECC36E #F3D9A4 #FAF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#ECC36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC36E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC36E	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 195, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.114 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d599',
    500: '#ecc36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc36e;
$custom-light: #f5d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.476,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83563,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC36E

secondary

#3B67C3

accent

#4FD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC36E

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

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