#ECC56F#ECC56F

#ECC56F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.114 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC56F
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 111)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 3.54, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 48.03, 85.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% 0.0089 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.114 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.4300, 58.9161, 23.3828)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC56F #6F96EC

analogous

#EC866F #ECC56F #D4EC6F

triadic

#ECC56F #6FECC5 #C56FEC

tetradic

#ECC56F #6FEC86 #6F96EC #EC6FD4

square

#ECC56F #6FEC86 #6F96EC #EC6FD4

split-complementary

#ECC56F #6FD4EC #866FEC

monochromatic

#C6911A #E5AF39 #ECC56F #F3DBA5 #FAF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#ECC56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC56F

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC56F	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)

#D7C468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.114 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d69a',
    500: '#ecc56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc56f;
$custom-light: #f5d69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.28,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83969,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC56F

secondary

#3B66C4

accent

#4CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC56F

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

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