#ECC556#ECC556

#ECC556 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC556
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, 1.74, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 59.29, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.0006 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.135 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2409, 58.4405, 17.1201)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC556 #567DEC

analogous

#EC7A56 #ECC556 #C8EC56

triadic

#ECC556 #56ECC5 #C556EC

tetradic

#ECC556 #56EC7A #567DEC #EC56C8

square

#ECC556 #56EC7A #567DEC #EC56C8

split-complementary

#ECC556 #56C8EC #7A56EC

monochromatic

#B38A14 #E6B21F #ECC556 #F2D88D #F8EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#ECC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC556

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC556	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68a',
    500: '#ecc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc556;
$custom-light: #f6d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83678,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC556

secondary

#3354B3

accent

#40DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC556

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

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