#ECC557#ECC557

#ECC557 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC557
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, 1.80, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 58.86, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% 0.001 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.135 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.2814, 58.4567, 17.3338)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC557 #577EEC

analogous

#EC7A57 #ECC557 #C9EC57

triadic

#ECC557 #57ECC5 #C557EC

tetradic

#ECC557 #57EC7A #577EEC #EC57C9

square

#ECC557 #57EC7A #577EEC #EC57C9

split-complementary

#ECC557 #57C9EC #7A57EC

monochromatic

#B48A14 #E6B220 #ECC557 #F2D88E #F8EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#ECC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC557

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC557	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68b',
    500: '#ecc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc557;
$custom-light: #f6d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.295,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83688,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC557

secondary

#3355B4

accent

#41DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC557

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

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