#ECC569#ECC569

#ECC569 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.119 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC569
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 105)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 3.06, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 50.81, 86.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% 0.0068 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.119 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1106, 58.7884, 21.7010)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC569 #6990EC

analogous

#EC8369 #ECC569 #D2EC69

triadic

#ECC569 #69ECC5 #C569EC

tetradic

#ECC569 #69EC83 #6990EC #EC69D2

square

#ECC569 #69EC83 #6990EC #EC69D2

split-complementary

#ECC569 #69D2EC #8369EC

monochromatic

#C29019 #E5B033 #ECC569 #F3DA9F #FAEFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#ECC569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC569

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC569	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.119 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d696',
    500: '#ecc569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc569;
$custom-light: #f5d696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83891,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC569

secondary

#3961C0

accent

#49DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC569

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

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