#ECC45B#ECC45B

#ECC45B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.131 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC45B
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, 2.57, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 56.86, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% 0.0037 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.131 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2231, 58.0713, 18.1430)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC45B #5B83EC

analogous

#EC7C5B #ECC45B #CCEC5B

triadic

#ECC45B #5BECC4 #C45BEC

tetradic

#ECC45B #5BEC7C #5B83EC #EC5BCC

square

#ECC45B #5BEC7C #5B83EC #EC5BCC

split-complementary

#ECC45B #5BCCEC #7C5BEC

monochromatic

#B78B15 #E6B024 #ECC45B #F2D892 #F9EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#ECC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC45B

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC45B	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	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)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.131 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d58d',
    500: '#ecc45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc45b;
$custom-light: #f5d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83531,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC45B

secondary

#3458B7

accent

#44DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC45B

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

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