#ECC66A#ECC66A

#ECC66A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.119 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC66A
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 106)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, 2.62, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 50.62, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% 0.0056 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.119 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3902, 59.2647, 22.0492)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC66A #6A90EC

analogous

#EC856A #ECC66A #D1EC6A

triadic

#ECC66A #6AECC6 #C66AEC

tetradic

#ECC66A #6AEC85 #6A90EC #EC6AD1

square

#ECC66A #6AEC85 #6A90EC #EC6AD1

split-complementary

#ECC66A #6AD1EC #856AEC

monochromatic

#C39119 #E5B134 #ECC66A #F3DBA0 #FAF0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#ECC66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC66A

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC66A	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.119 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d797',
    500: '#ecc66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc66a;
$custom-light: #f5d797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84101,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC66A

secondary

#3961C1

accent

#48DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC66A

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

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