#ECB049#ECB049

#ECB049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.136 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB049
RGB	rgb(236, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 11.98, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 60.46, 78.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0288 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.136 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3233, 49.3684, 13.1280)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB049 #4985EC

analogous

#EC5E49 #ECB049 #D7EC49

triadic

#ECB049 #49ECB0 #B049EC

tetradic

#ECB049 #49EC5E #4985EC #EC49D7

square

#ECB049 #49EC5E #4985EC #EC49D7

split-complementary

#ECB049 #49D7EC #5E49EC

monochromatic

#A97112 #E09617 #ECB049 #F2C880 #F8E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#ECB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#ECB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB049

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB049	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.136 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c781',
    500: '#ecb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb049;
$custom-light: #f7c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.914,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79476,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB049

secondary

#A9C0E7

accent

#57DD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB049

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

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