#ECC75E#ECC75E
#ECC75E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.130 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECC75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 199, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 60.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.56, 1.22, 56.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.56, 56.33, 88.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.16% 0.0001 0.1301) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.16% 0.13 89.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0385, 59.4910, 19.0661) |
| Luminance | 0.5949 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.13
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.65
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.39
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.40
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.52
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECC75E #5E83EC
analogous
#EC805E #ECC75E #CAEC5E
triadic
#ECC75E #5EECC7 #C75EEC
tetradic
#ECC75E #5EEC80 #5E83EC #EC5ECA
square
#ECC75E #5EEC80 #5E83EC #EC5ECA
split-complementary
#ECC75E #5ECAEC #805EEC
monochromatic
#BA8F16 #E6B427 #ECC75E #F2DA95 #F9EDCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#ECC75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.90
#ECC75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECC75E
12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECC75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECC75E | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.90 | 12.90 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC553
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEB9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecc75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.130 89.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5d78f',
500: '#ecc75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecc75e; $custom-light: #f5d78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecc75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 199,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.366,
"s": 78.889,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84157,
"c": 0.13014,
"h": 89.9
},
"luminance": 0.59488
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECC75E
secondary
#3558B9
accent
#41DB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F