#ECC759#ECC759

#ECC759 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.134 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC759
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, 0.89, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 58.52, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0014 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.134 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8214, 59.4041, 17.9225)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC759 #597EEC

analogous

#EC7D59 #ECC759 #C7EC59

triadic

#ECC759 #59ECC7 #C759EC

tetradic

#ECC759 #59EC7D #597EEC #EC59C7

square

#ECC759 #59EC7D #597EEC #EC59C7

split-complementary

#ECC759 #59C7EC #7D59EC

monochromatic

#B68D15 #E6B422 #ECC759 #F2DA90 #F9ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#ECC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC759

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC759	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.134 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78c',
    500: '#ecc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc759;
$custom-light: #f6d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.898,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84105,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC759

secondary

#3454B5

accent

#3FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC759

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

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