#ECC55D#ECC55D

#ECC55D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.130 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC55D
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, 2.19, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 56.24, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% 0.0028 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.13 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5368, 58.5589, 18.6789)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC55D #5D84EC

analogous

#EC7D5D #ECC55D #CCEC5D

triadic

#ECC55D #5DECC5 #C55DEC

tetradic

#ECC55D #5DEC7D #5D84EC #EC5DCC

square

#ECC55D #5DEC7D #5D84EC #EC5DCC

split-complementary

#ECC55D #5DCCEC #7D5DEC

monochromatic

#B98C16 #E6B126 #ECC55D #F2D994 #F9ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#ECC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC55D

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC55D	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)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.130 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d68e',
    500: '#ecc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc55d;
$custom-light: #f5d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8375,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC55D

secondary

#3559B8

accent

#43DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC55D

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

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