#ECC459#ECC459

#ECC459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.132 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC459
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, 2.44, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 57.74, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.0031 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.132 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1380, 58.0372, 17.6947)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC459 #5981EC

analogous

#EC7A59 #ECC459 #CBEC59

triadic

#ECC459 #59ECC4 #C459EC

tetradic

#ECC459 #59EC7A #5981EC #EC59CB

square

#ECC459 #59EC7A #5981EC #EC59CB

split-complementary

#ECC459 #59CBEC #7A59EC

monochromatic

#B68A15 #E6B022 #ECC459 #F2D890 #F9EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#ECC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC459

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC459	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.132 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58c',
    500: '#ecc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc459;
$custom-light: #f6d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8351,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC459

secondary

#3457B5

accent

#43DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC459

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

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