#ECC56D#ECC56D

#ECC56D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.116 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC56D
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 3.38, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 48.96, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% 0.0082 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.116 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3211, 58.8726, 22.8093)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC56D #6D94EC

analogous

#EC866D #ECC56D #D3EC6D

triadic

#ECC56D #6DECC5 #C56DEC

tetradic

#ECC56D #6DEC86 #6D94EC #EC6DD3

square

#ECC56D #6DEC86 #6D94EC #EC6DD3

split-complementary

#ECC56D #6DD3EC #866DEC

monochromatic

#C5901A #E5AF37 #ECC56D #F3DBA3 #FAF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#ECC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC56D

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC56D	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)

#D8C465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.116 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d699',
    500: '#ecc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc56d;
$custom-light: #f5d699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83942,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC56D

secondary

#3A64C3

accent

#4BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC56D

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

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