#ECC56A#ECC56A

#ECC56A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.119 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC56A
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, 3.14, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 50.35, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0071 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.119 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1623, 58.8091, 21.9733)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC56A #6A91EC

analogous

#EC846A #ECC56A #D2EC6A

triadic

#ECC56A #6AECC5 #C56AEC

tetradic

#ECC56A #6AEC84 #6A91EC #EC6AD2

square

#ECC56A #6AEC84 #6A91EC #EC6AD2

split-complementary

#ECC56A #6AD2EC #846AEC

monochromatic

#C39019 #E5B034 #ECC56A #F3DAA0 #FAEFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#ECC56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC56A

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC56A	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)

#D8C462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.119 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d697',
    500: '#ecc56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc56a;
$custom-light: #f5d697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83904,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC56A

secondary

#3962C1

accent

#4ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC56A

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

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