#ECC55E#ECC55E

#ECC55E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.129 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC55E
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, 2.26, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 55.80, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% 0.0031 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.129 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5814, 58.5767, 18.9137)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC55E #5E85EC

analogous

#EC7E5E #ECC55E #CCEC5E

triadic

#ECC55E #5EECC5 #C55EEC

tetradic

#ECC55E #5EEC7E #5E85EC #EC5ECC

square

#ECC55E #5EEC7E #5E85EC #EC5ECC

split-complementary

#ECC55E #5ECCEC #7E5EEC

monochromatic

#BA8D16 #E6B127 #ECC55E #F2D995 #F9ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#ECC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC55E

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC55E	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)

#D9C354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.129 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d68f',
    500: '#ecc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc55e;
$custom-light: #f5d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.521,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83761,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC55E

secondary

#3559B9

accent

#44DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC55E

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

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