#ECC55C#ECC55C

#ECC55C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.131 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC55C
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, 2.12, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 56.68, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% 0.0025 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.131 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4928, 58.5413, 18.4471)
Luminance	0.5854 (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

#ECC55C #5C83EC

analogous

#EC7D5C #ECC55C #CBEC5C

triadic

#ECC55C #5CECC5 #C55CEC

tetradic

#ECC55C #5CEC7D #5C83EC #EC5CCB

square

#ECC55C #5CEC7D #5C83EC #EC5CCB

split-complementary

#ECC55C #5CCBEC #7D5CEC

monochromatic

#B88C15 #E6B125 #ECC55C #F2D993 #F9ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#ECC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC55C

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC55C	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.131 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d68e',
    500: '#ecc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc55c;
$custom-light: #f5d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8374,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC55C

secondary

#3558B8

accent

#43DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC55C

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

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