#ECC65F#ECC65F

#ECC65F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.129 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC65F
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 95)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, 1.81, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 55.61, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% 0.002 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.129 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8544, 59.0504, 19.2275)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC65F #5F85EC

analogous

#EC805F #ECC65F #CBEC5F

triadic

#ECC65F #5FECC6 #C65FEC

tetradic

#ECC65F #5FEC80 #5F85EC #EC5FCB

square

#ECC65F #5FEC80 #5F85EC #EC5FCB

split-complementary

#ECC65F #5FCBEC #805FEC

monochromatic

#BA8E16 #E6B328 #ECC65F #F2D996 #F9EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#ECC65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC65F

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC65F	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)

#DAC455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.129 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d790',
    500: '#ecc65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc65f;
$custom-light: #f5d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8397,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC65F

secondary

#3659BA

accent

#43DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC65F

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

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