#ECC457#ECC457

#ECC457 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.134 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC457
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 2.32, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 58.60, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% 0.0025 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.134 89)
XYZ	xyz(56.0551, 58.0041, 17.2584)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC457 #577FEC

analogous

#EC7957 #ECC457 #C9EC57

triadic

#ECC457 #57ECC4 #C457EC

tetradic

#ECC457 #57EC79 #577FEC #EC57C9

square

#ECC457 #57EC79 #577FEC #EC57C9

split-complementary

#ECC457 #57C9EC #7957EC

monochromatic

#B48914 #E6B120 #ECC457 #F2D78E #F8EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#ECC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC457

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC457	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)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58b',
    500: '#ecc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc457;
$custom-light: #f6d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8349,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.58001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC457

secondary

#3356B4

accent

#42DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC457

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

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