#ECB059#ECB059

#ECB059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.125 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB059
RGB	rgb(236, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, 12.93, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 53.73, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0337 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.125 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9236, 49.6086, 16.2899)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB059 #5995EC

analogous

#EC6659 #ECB059 #DEEC59

triadic

#ECB059 #59ECB0 #B059EC

tetradic

#ECB059 #59EC66 #5995EC #EC59DE

square

#ECB059 #59EC66 #5995EC #EC59DE

split-complementary

#ECB059 #59DEEC #6659EC

monochromatic

#B67415 #E69622 #ECB059 #F2CA90 #F9E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#ECB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#ECB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB059

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB059	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.125 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c78b',
    500: '#ecb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb059;
$custom-light: #f6c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79639,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB059

secondary

#B6CCEA

accent

#5FDC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB059

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

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