#ECC55B#ECC55B

#ECC55B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.131 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC55B
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 2.06, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 57.12, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% 0.0022 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.131 89)
XYZ	xyz(56.4494, 58.5239, 18.2184)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC55B #5B82EC

analogous

#EC7D5B #ECC55B #CBEC5B

triadic

#ECC55B #5BECC5 #C55BEC

tetradic

#ECC55B #5BEC7D #5B82EC #EC5BCB

square

#ECC55B #5BEC7D #5B82EC #EC5BCB

split-complementary

#ECC55B #5BCBEC #7D5BEC

monochromatic

#B78C15 #E6B224 #ECC55B #F2D892 #F9ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#ECC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC55B

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC55B	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)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.131 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d68d',
    500: '#ecc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc55b;
$custom-light: #f5d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83729,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.58521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC55B

secondary

#3457B7

accent

#42DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC55B

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

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