#ECC462#ECC462

#ECC462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.125 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC462
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, 3.06, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 53.74, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% 0.0059 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.125 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5393, 58.1977, 19.8082)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC462 #628AEC

analogous

#EC7F62 #ECC462 #CFEC62

triadic

#ECC462 #62ECC4 #C462EC

tetradic

#ECC462 #62EC7F #628AEC #EC62CF

square

#ECC462 #62EC7F #628AEC #EC62CF

split-complementary

#ECC462 #62CFEC #7F62EC

monochromatic

#BD8D17 #E5AF2B #ECC462 #F3D999 #F9EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#ECC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC462

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC462	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)

#D8C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.125 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d591',
    500: '#ecc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc462;
$custom-light: #f5d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83609,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC462

secondary

#375DBC

accent

#47DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC462

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

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