#ECC85D#ECC85D

#ECC85D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.132 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC85D
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, 0.64, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 57.05, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0017 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.132 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2248, 59.9348, 18.9082)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC85D #5D81EC

analogous

#EC815D #ECC85D #C9EC5D

triadic

#ECC85D #5DECC8 #C85DEC

tetradic

#ECC85D #5DEC81 #5D81EC #EC5DC9

square

#ECC85D #5DEC81 #5D81EC #EC5DC9

split-complementary

#ECC85D #5DC9EC #815DEC

monochromatic

#B99016 #E6B526 #ECC85D #F2DB94 #F9EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#ECC85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC85D

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC85D	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.132 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d88e',
    500: '#ecc85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc85d;
$custom-light: #f5d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.895,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84345,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC85D

secondary

#3556B8

accent

#3FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC85D

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

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