#ECC659#ECC659

#ECC659 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC659
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, 1.41, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 58.26, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% 0.0001 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.134 90)
XYZ	xyz(56.5921, 58.9455, 17.8461)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC659 #597FEC

analogous

#EC7C59 #ECC659 #C8EC59

triadic

#ECC659 #59ECC6 #C659EC

tetradic

#ECC659 #59EC7C #597FEC #EC59C8

square

#ECC659 #59EC7C #597FEC #EC59C8

split-complementary

#ECC659 #59C8EC #7C59EC

monochromatic

#B68C15 #E6B322 #ECC659 #F2D990 #F9ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#ECC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC659

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC659	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78c',
    500: '#ecc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc659;
$custom-light: #f6d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83906,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.58942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC659

secondary

#3455B5

accent

#40DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC659

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

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