#ECC487#ECC487

#ECC487 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.090 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC487
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, 6.30, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 36.46, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% 0.0194 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.09 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7071, 59.0649, 31.2253)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC487 #87AFEC

analogous

#EC9287 #ECC487 #E1EC87

triadic

#ECC487 #87ECC4 #C487EC

tetradic

#ECC487 #87EC92 #87AFEC #EC87E1

square

#ECC487 #87EC92 #87AFEC #EC87E1

split-complementary

#ECC487 #87E1EC #9287EC

monochromatic

#D78F22 #E4AA52 #ECC487 #F4DEBC #FBF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#ECC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC487

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC487	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.090 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d5aa',
    500: '#ecc487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc487;
$custom-light: #f4d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.238,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84141,
    "c": 0.09034,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC487

secondary

#517FC6

accent

#5ED511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC487

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

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