#ECC66D#ECC66D

#ECC66D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.116 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC66D
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 109)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, 2.86, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 49.22, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% 0.0067 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.116 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5489, 59.3282, 22.8853)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC66D #6D93EC

analogous

#EC866D #ECC66D #D3EC6D

triadic

#ECC66D #6DECC6 #C66DEC

tetradic

#ECC66D #6DEC86 #6D93EC #EC6DD3

square

#ECC66D #6DEC86 #6D93EC #EC6DD3

split-complementary

#ECC66D #6DD3EC #866DEC

monochromatic

#C5921A #E5B137 #ECC66D #F3DBA3 #FAF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#ECC66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC66D

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC66D	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.116 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d799',
    500: '#ecc66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc66d;
$custom-light: #f5d799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84139,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC66D

secondary

#3A63C3

accent

#4AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC66D

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

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