#ECC75B#ECC75B
#ECC75B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.133 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECC75B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 199, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 61.4%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.53, 1.02, 57.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.53, 57.65, 88.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.13% -0.0008 0.1326) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.13% 0.133 90.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.9065, 59.4382, 18.3708) |
| Luminance | 0.5944 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.85
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.50
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.63
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.42
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.44
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECC75B #5B80EC
analogous
#EC7F5B #ECC75B #C8EC5B
triadic
#ECC75B #5BECC7 #C75BEC
tetradic
#ECC75B #5BEC7F #5B80EC #EC5BC8
square
#ECC75B #5BEC7F #5B80EC #EC5BC8
split-complementary
#ECC75B #5BC8EC #7F5BEC
monochromatic
#B78E15 #E6B424 #ECC75B #F2DA92 #F9ECC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#ECC75B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.89
#ECC75B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECC75B
12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECC75B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECC75B | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.89 | 12.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC550
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEB8AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecc75b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.133 90.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5d78d',
500: '#ecc75b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecc75b; $custom-light: #f5d78d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecc75b",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 199,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.69,
"s": 79.235,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84125,
"c": 0.1326,
"h": 90.4
},
"luminance": 0.59435
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECC75B
secondary
#3456B7
accent
#3FDC0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F