#ECC56B#ECC56B

#ECC56B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.118 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC56B
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 107)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, 3.22, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 49.89, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% 0.0075 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.118 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2146, 58.8300, 22.2488)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC56B #6B92EC

analogous

#EC846B #ECC56B #D3EC6B

triadic

#ECC56B #6BECC5 #C56BEC

tetradic

#ECC56B #6BEC84 #6B92EC #EC6BD3

square

#ECC56B #6BEC84 #6B92EC #EC6BD3

split-complementary

#ECC56B #6BD3EC #846BEC

monochromatic

#C49019 #E5B035 #ECC56B #F3DAA1 #FAF0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#ECC56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC56B

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC56B	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.118 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d697',
    500: '#ecc56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc56b;
$custom-light: #f5d697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83916,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC56B

secondary

#3A63C2

accent

#4AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC56B

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

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