#ECC45F#ECC45F

#ECC45F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC45F
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, 2.85, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 55.09, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% 0.005 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.128 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4003, 58.1421, 19.0761)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC45F #5F87EC

analogous

#EC7E5F #ECC45F #CDEC5F

triadic

#ECC45F #5FECC4 #C45FEC

tetradic

#ECC45F #5FEC7E #5F87EC #EC5FCD

square

#ECC45F #5FEC7E #5F87EC #EC5FCD

split-complementary

#ECC45F #5FCDEC #7E5FEC

monochromatic

#BA8C16 #E6B028 #ECC45F #F2D896 #F9ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#ECC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC45F

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC45F	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.128 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d590',
    500: '#ecc45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc45f;
$custom-light: #f5d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83575,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC45F

secondary

#365BBA

accent

#46DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC45F

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

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