#ECC57E#ECC57E

#ECC57E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.100 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC57E
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 126)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(39, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, 4.88, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 40.96, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% 0.0144 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.1 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3263, 59.2747, 28.1035)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC57E #7EA5EC

analogous

#EC8E7E #ECC57E #DCEC7E

triadic

#ECC57E #7EECC5 #C57EEC

tetradic

#ECC57E #7EEC8E #7EA5EC #EC7EDC

square

#ECC57E #7EEC8E #7EA5EC #EC7EDC

split-complementary

#ECC57E #7EDCEC #8E7EEC

monochromatic

#D1921F #E4AD49 #ECC57E #F4DDB3 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#ECC57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC57E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC57E	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.100 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d6a4',
    500: '#ecc57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc57e;
$custom-light: #f4d6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.727,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84188,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC57E

secondary

#4975C5

accent

#56D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC57E

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

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