#ECC562#ECC562

#ECC562 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.126 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC562
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, 2.54, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 54.00, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% 0.0044 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.126 88)
XYZ	xyz(56.7656, 58.6504, 19.8836)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC562 #6289EC

analogous

#EC8062 #ECC562 #CEEC62

triadic

#ECC562 #62ECC5 #C562EC

tetradic

#ECC562 #62EC80 #6289EC #EC62CE

square

#ECC562 #62EC80 #6289EC #EC62CE

split-complementary

#ECC562 #62CEEC #8062EC

monochromatic

#BD8E17 #E5B12B #ECC562 #F3D999 #F9EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#ECC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC562

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC562	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)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.126 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d692',
    500: '#ecc562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc562;
$custom-light: #f5d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83807,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.58647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC562

secondary

#375CBC

accent

#46DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC562

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

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