#ECC55A#ECC55A

#ECC55A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.132 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC55A
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 1.99, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 57.56, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% 0.0019 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.132 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4065, 58.5067, 17.9928)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC55A #5A81EC

analogous

#EC7C5A #ECC55A #CAEC5A

triadic

#ECC55A #5AECC5 #C55AEC

tetradic

#ECC55A #5AEC7C #5A81EC #EC5ACA

square

#ECC55A #5AEC7C #5A81EC #EC5ACA

split-complementary

#ECC55A #5ACAEC #7C5AEC

monochromatic

#B78B15 #E6B223 #ECC55A #F2D891 #F9ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#ECC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC55A

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC55A	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.132 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68c',
    500: '#ecc55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc55a;
$custom-light: #f6d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83718,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC55A

secondary

#3457B6

accent

#42DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC55A

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

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