#ECC55F#ECC55F

#ECC55F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.128 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC55F
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 2.33, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 55.35, 87.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% 0.0035 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.128 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6266, 58.5948, 19.1515)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC55F #5F86EC

analogous

#EC7E5F #ECC55F #CDEC5F

triadic

#ECC55F #5FECC5 #C55FEC

tetradic

#ECC55F #5FEC7E #5F86EC #EC5FCD

square

#ECC55F #5FEC7E #5F86EC #EC5FCD

split-complementary

#ECC55F #5FCDEC #7E5FEC

monochromatic

#BA8D16 #E6B128 #ECC55F #F2D996 #F9EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#ECC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC55F

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC55F	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.128 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d690',
    500: '#ecc55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc55f;
$custom-light: #f5d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83772,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC55F

secondary

#365ABA

accent

#44DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC55F

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

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