#ECC44D#ECC44D

#ECC44D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.141 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC44D
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, 1.73, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 62.80, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0004 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.141 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6745, 57.8518, 15.2538)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC44D #4D75EC

analogous

#EC754D #ECC44D #C4EC4D

triadic

#ECC44D #4DECC4 #C44DEC

tetradic

#ECC44D #4DEC75 #4D75EC #EC4DC4

square

#ECC44D #4DEC75 #4D75EC #EC4DC4

split-complementary

#ECC44D #4DC4EC #754DEC

monochromatic

#AC8612 #E4B018 #ECC44D #F2D684 #F8E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#ECC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC44D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC44D	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.141 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d584',
    500: '#ecc44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc44d;
$custom-light: #f6d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.906,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83396,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC44D

secondary

#3050AD

accent

#3EDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC44D

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

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