#ECC456#ECC456

#ECC456 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC456
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, 2.25, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 59.03, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% 0.0021 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.135 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0145, 57.9879, 17.0447)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC456 #567EEC

analogous

#EC7956 #ECC456 #C9EC56

triadic

#ECC456 #56ECC4 #C456EC

tetradic

#ECC456 #56EC79 #567EEC #EC56C9

square

#ECC456 #56EC79 #567EEC #EC56C9

split-complementary

#ECC456 #56C9EC #7956EC

monochromatic

#B38914 #E6B11F #ECC456 #F2D78D #F8EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#ECC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC456

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC456	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)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58a',
    500: '#ecc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc456;
$custom-light: #f6d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8348,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC456

secondary

#3355B3

accent

#42DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC456

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

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