#ECC56E#ECC56E

#ECC56E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.115 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC56E
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 110)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 3.46, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 48.49, 85.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% 0.0085 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.115 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3752, 58.8942, 23.0945)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC56E #6E95EC

analogous

#EC866E #ECC56E #D4EC6E

triadic

#ECC56E #6EECC5 #C56EEC

tetradic

#ECC56E #6EEC86 #6E95EC #EC6ED4

square

#ECC56E #6EEC86 #6E95EC #EC6ED4

split-complementary

#ECC56E #6ED4EC #866EEC

monochromatic

#C6911A #E5AF38 #ECC56E #F3DBA4 #FAF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#ECC56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC56E

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC56E	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.115 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d699',
    500: '#ecc56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc56e;
$custom-light: #f5d699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.429,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83956,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC56E

secondary

#3B65C3

accent

#4CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC56E

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

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