#ECC657#ECC657

#ECC657 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.135 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC657
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, 1.28, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 59.12, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0005 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.135 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5092, 58.9123, 17.4097)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC657 #577DEC

analogous

#EC7B57 #ECC657 #C7EC57

triadic

#ECC657 #57ECC6 #C657EC

tetradic

#ECC657 #57EC7B #577DEC #EC57C7

square

#ECC657 #57EC7B #577DEC #EC57C7

split-complementary

#ECC657 #57C7EC #7B57EC

monochromatic

#B48B14 #E6B320 #ECC657 #F2D98E #F8EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#ECC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC657

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC657	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)

#DAC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.135 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78b',
    500: '#ecc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc657;
$custom-light: #f6d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.698,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83886,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC657

secondary

#3354B4

accent

#3FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC657

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

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