#ECC45D#ECC45D

#ECC45D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.129 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC45D
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, 2.71, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 55.98, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% 0.0043 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.129 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3105, 58.1062, 18.6035)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC45D #5D85EC

analogous

#EC7D5D #ECC45D #CDEC5D

triadic

#ECC45D #5DECC4 #C45DEC

tetradic

#ECC45D #5DEC7D #5D85EC #EC5DCD

square

#ECC45D #5DEC7D #5D85EC #EC5DCD

split-complementary

#ECC45D #5DCDEC #7D5DEC

monochromatic

#B98B16 #E6B026 #ECC45D #F2D894 #F9ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#ECC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC45D

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC45D	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.129 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d58e',
    500: '#ecc45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc45d;
$custom-light: #f5d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83553,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC45D

secondary

#355AB8

accent

#45DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC45D

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

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