#ECC461#ECC461

#ECC461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.126 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC461
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, 2.99, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 54.19, 86.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% 0.0056 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.126 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4923, 58.1790, 19.5610)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC461 #6189EC

analogous

#EC7F61 #ECC461 #CEEC61

triadic

#ECC461 #61ECC4 #C461EC

tetradic

#ECC461 #61EC7F #6189EC #EC61CE

square

#ECC461 #61EC7F #6189EC #EC61CE

split-complementary

#ECC461 #61CEEC #7F61EC

monochromatic

#BC8C17 #E5B02A #ECC461 #F3D898 #F9EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#ECC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC461

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC461	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.126 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d591',
    500: '#ecc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc461;
$custom-light: #f5d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83598,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC461

secondary

#365CBB

accent

#47DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC461

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

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