#ECC36F#ECC36F

#ECC36F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.113 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC36F
RGB	rgb(236, 195, 111)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, 4.58, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 47.51, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% 0.0119 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.113 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9789, 58.0139, 23.2324)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC36F #6F98EC

analogous

#EC846F #ECC36F #D6EC6F

triadic

#ECC36F #6FECC3 #C36FEC

tetradic

#ECC36F #6FEC84 #6F98EC #EC6FD6

square

#ECC36F #6FEC84 #6F98EC #EC6FD6

split-complementary

#ECC36F #6FD6EC #846FEC

monochromatic

#C68E1A #E5AC39 #ECC36F #F3DAA5 #FAF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#ECC36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC36F

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC36F	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)

#D6C268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 195, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.113 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d59a',
    500: '#ecc36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc36f;
$custom-light: #f5d59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.32,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83577,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC36F

secondary

#3B68C4

accent

#50D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC36F

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

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