#ECC656#ECC656

#ECC656 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.136 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC656
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 1.22, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 59.55, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0008 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.136 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4687, 58.8961, 17.1961)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC656 #567CEC

analogous

#EC7B56 #ECC656 #C7EC56

triadic

#ECC656 #56ECC6 #C656EC

tetradic

#ECC656 #56EC7B #567CEC #EC56C7

square

#ECC656 #56EC7B #567CEC #EC56C7

split-complementary

#ECC656 #56C7EC #7B56EC

monochromatic

#B38B14 #E6B31F #ECC656 #F2D98D #F8EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#ECC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC656

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC656	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)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.136 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78a',
    500: '#ecc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc656;
$custom-light: #f6d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83876,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC656

secondary

#3353B3

accent

#3FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC656

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

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