#ECC661#ECC661

#ECC661 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.127 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC661
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, 1.95, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 54.72, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% 0.0026 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.127 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9465, 59.0872, 19.7124)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC661 #6187EC

analogous

#EC8061 #ECC661 #CDEC61

triadic

#ECC661 #61ECC6 #C661EC

tetradic

#ECC661 #61EC80 #6187EC #EC61CD

square

#ECC661 #61EC80 #6187EC #EC61CD

split-complementary

#ECC661 #61CDEC #8061EC

monochromatic

#BC8F17 #E5B22A #ECC661 #F3DA98 #F9EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#ECC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC661

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC661	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.127 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d791',
    500: '#ecc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc661;
$custom-light: #f5d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83993,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC661

secondary

#365BBB

accent

#44DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC661

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

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