#ECC85E#ECC85E
#ECC85E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.131 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECC85E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 200, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 60.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.81, 0.70, 56.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.81, 56.60, 89.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.36% -0.0014 0.1308) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.36% 0.131 90.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.2694, 59.9526, 19.1430) |
| Luminance | 0.5995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.84
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.33
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.27
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.17
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.21
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECC85E #5E82EC
analogous
#EC815E #ECC85E #C9EC5E
triadic
#ECC85E #5EECC8 #C85EEC
tetradic
#ECC85E #5EEC81 #5E82EC #EC5EC9
square
#ECC85E #5EEC81 #5E82EC #EC5EC9
split-complementary
#ECC85E #5EC9EC #815EEC
monochromatic
#BA9016 #E6B527 #ECC85E #F2DB95 #F9EDCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#ECC85E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#ECC85E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECC85E
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECC85E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECC85E | 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)
#DCC553
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D062
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEBAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecc85e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.131 90.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5d88f',
500: '#ecc85e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecc85e; $custom-light: #f5d88f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecc85e",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 200,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.789,
"s": 78.889,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84356,
"c": 0.13076,
"h": 90.6
},
"luminance": 0.5995
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECC85E
secondary
#3557B9
accent
#3FDB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F