#ECC463#ECC463

#ECC463 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.124 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC463
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, 3.13, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 53.29, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% 0.0063 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.124 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5868, 58.2167, 20.0584)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC463 #638BEC

analogous

#EC7F63 #ECC463 #CFEC63

triadic

#ECC463 #63ECC4 #C463EC

tetradic

#ECC463 #63EC7F #638BEC #EC63CF

square

#ECC463 #63EC7F #638BEC #EC63CF

split-complementary

#ECC463 #63CFEC #7F63EC

monochromatic

#BE8D17 #E5AF2C #ECC463 #F3D99A #F9EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#ECC463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC463

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC463	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)

#D8C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.124 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d592',
    500: '#ecc463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc463;
$custom-light: #f5d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83621,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC463

secondary

#375EBC

accent

#48DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC463

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

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