#ECC44E#ECC44E

#ECC44E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.141 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC44E
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, 1.79, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 62.39, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0002 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.141 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7101, 57.8661, 15.4412)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC44E #4E76EC

analogous

#EC754E #ECC44E #C5EC4E

triadic

#ECC44E #4EECC4 #C44EEC

tetradic

#ECC44E #4EEC75 #4E76EC #EC4EC5

square

#ECC44E #4EEC75 #4E76EC #EC4EC5

split-complementary

#ECC44E #4EC5EC #754EEC

monochromatic

#AD8613 #E4B119 #ECC44E #F2D685 #F8E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#ECC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC44E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC44E	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)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.141 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d585',
    500: '#ecc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc44e;
$custom-light: #f6d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.81,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83405,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC44E

secondary

#3050AE

accent

#3EDD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC44E

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

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