#ECC65D#ECC65D

#ECC65D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.130 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC65D
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, 1.67, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 56.50, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% 0.0013 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.13 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7646, 59.0145, 18.7548)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC65D #5D83EC

analogous

#EC7F5D #ECC65D #CBEC5D

triadic

#ECC65D #5DECC6 #C65DEC

tetradic

#ECC65D #5DEC7F #5D83EC #EC5DCB

square

#ECC65D #5DEC7F #5D83EC #EC5DCB

split-complementary

#ECC65D #5DCBEC #7F5DEC

monochromatic

#B98E16 #E6B326 #ECC65D #F2D994 #F9EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#ECC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC65D

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC65D	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.130 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d78e',
    500: '#ecc65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc65d;
$custom-light: #f5d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83948,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC65D

secondary

#3558B8

accent

#42DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC65D

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

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