#ECC555#ECC555

#ECC555 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.136 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC555
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, 1.67, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 59.72, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% 0.0004 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.136 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2008, 58.4245, 16.9094)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC555 #557CEC

analogous

#EC7955 #ECC555 #C8EC55

triadic

#ECC555 #55ECC5 #C555EC

tetradic

#ECC555 #55EC79 #557CEC #EC55C8

square

#ECC555 #55EC79 #557CEC #EC55C8

split-complementary

#ECC555 #55C8EC #7955EC

monochromatic

#B38A14 #E6B21E #ECC555 #F2D88C #F8EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#ECC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC555

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC555	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.136 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d689',
    500: '#ecc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc555;
$custom-light: #f6d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83668,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC555

secondary

#3354B3

accent

#40DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC555

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

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