#ECC489#ECC489

#ECC489 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.088 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC489
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, 6.51, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 35.53, 79.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% 0.0202 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.088 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8492, 59.1217, 31.9739)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC489 #89B1EC

analogous

#EC9289 #ECC489 #E2EC89

triadic

#ECC489 #89ECC4 #C489EC

tetradic

#ECC489 #89EC92 #89B1EC #EC89E2

square

#ECC489 #89EC92 #89B1EC #EC89E2

split-complementary

#ECC489 #89E2EC #9289EC

monochromatic

#D88F23 #E4AA54 #ECC489 #F4DEBE #FBF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#ECC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC489

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC489	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.088 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d5ac',
    500: '#ecc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc489;
$custom-light: #f4d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.758,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84175,
    "c": 0.08837,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC489

secondary

#5381C6

accent

#60D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC489

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

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