#ECC57F#ECC57F

#ECC57F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.099 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC57F
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 127)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(39, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, 4.98, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 40.48, 82.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% 0.0148 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.099 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3912, 59.3006, 28.4451)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC57F #7FA6EC

analogous

#EC8E7F #ECC57F #DCEC7F

triadic

#ECC57F #7FECC5 #C57FEC

tetradic

#ECC57F #7FEC8E #7FA6EC #EC7FDC

square

#ECC57F #7FEC8E #7FA6EC #EC7FDC

split-complementary

#ECC57F #7FDCEC #8E7FEC

monochromatic

#D2921F #E4AD4A #ECC57F #F4DDB4 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC57F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#ECC57F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC57F

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC57F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC57F	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc57f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.099 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d6a5',
    500: '#ecc57f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc57f;
$custom-light: #f4d6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc57f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.532,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84204,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC57F

secondary

#4A76C6

accent

#56D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC57F

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

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