#ECC561#ECC561

#ECC561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.126 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC561
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, 2.47, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 54.45, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0041 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.126 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7186, 58.6316, 19.6365)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC561 #6188EC

analogous

#EC7F61 #ECC561 #CEEC61

triadic

#ECC561 #61ECC5 #C561EC

tetradic

#ECC561 #61EC7F #6188EC #EC61CE

square

#ECC561 #61EC7F #6188EC #EC61CE

split-complementary

#ECC561 #61CEEC #7F61EC

monochromatic

#BC8E17 #E5B12A #ECC561 #F3D998 #F9EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#ECC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC561

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC561	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.126 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d691',
    500: '#ecc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc561;
$custom-light: #f5d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.165,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83795,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC561

secondary

#365CBB

accent

#45DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC561

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

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