#ECC56C#ECC56C

#ECC56C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.117 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC56C
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 108)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, 3.30, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 49.42, 86.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% 0.0078 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.117 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.2676, 58.8512, 22.5274)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC56C #6C93EC

analogous

#EC856C #ECC56C #D3EC6C

triadic

#ECC56C #6CECC5 #C56CEC

tetradic

#ECC56C #6CEC85 #6C93EC #EC6CD3

square

#ECC56C #6CEC85 #6C93EC #EC6CD3

split-complementary

#ECC56C #6CD3EC #856CEC

monochromatic

#C49019 #E5B036 #ECC56C #F3DAA2 #FAF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#ECC56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC56C

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC56C	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	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)

#D8C464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.117 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d698',
    500: '#ecc56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc56c;
$custom-light: #f5d698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83929,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC56C

secondary

#3A64C2

accent

#4BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC56C

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

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