#ECC65E#ECC65E

#ECC65E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.130 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC65E
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, 1.74, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 56.06, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% 0.0016 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.13 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8092, 59.0323, 18.9896)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC65E #5E84EC

analogous

#EC7F5E #ECC65E #CBEC5E

triadic

#ECC65E #5EECC6 #C65EEC

tetradic

#ECC65E #5EEC7F #5E84EC #EC5ECB

square

#ECC65E #5EEC7F #5E84EC #EC5ECB

split-complementary

#ECC65E #5ECBEC #7F5EEC

monochromatic

#BA8E16 #E6B327 #ECC65E #F2D995 #F9EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#ECC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC65E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC65E	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.130 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d78f',
    500: '#ecc65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc65e;
$custom-light: #f5d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83959,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC65E

secondary

#3559B9

accent

#42DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC65E

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

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