#ECC591#ECC591

#ECC591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.081 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC591
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(34, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 6.86, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 32.01, 77.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% 0.0218 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.081 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6708, 59.8124, 35.1844)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC591 #91B8EC

analogous

#EC9891 #ECC591 #E5EC91

triadic

#ECC591 #91ECC5 #C591EC

tetradic

#ECC591 #91EC98 #91B8EC #EC91E5

square

#ECC591 #91EC98 #91B8EC #EC91E5

split-complementary

#ECC591 #91E5EC #9891EC

monochromatic

#DA8E29 #E3A95D #ECC591 #F5E1C5 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#ECC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC591

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC591	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCF92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.081 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d6b1',
    500: '#ecc591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc591;
$custom-light: #f3d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84514,
    "c": 0.08078,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC591

secondary

#5A89C7

accent

#65D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC591

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

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