#ECB149#ECB149

#ECB149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.137 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB149
RGB	rgb(236, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, 11.46, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 60.61, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0273 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.137 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5201, 49.7620, 13.1936)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB149 #4984EC

analogous

#EC5F49 #ECB149 #D6EC49

triadic

#ECB149 #49ECB1 #B149EC

tetradic

#ECB149 #49EC5F #4984EC #EC49D6

square

#ECB149 #49EC5F #4984EC #EC49D6

split-complementary

#ECB149 #49D6EC #5F49EC

monochromatic

#A97212 #E09817 #ECB149 #F2C980 #F8E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#ECB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#ECB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB149

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB149	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.137 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c881',
    500: '#ecb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb149;
$custom-light: #f7c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.282,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79666,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB149

secondary

#A9C0E7

accent

#55DD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB149

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

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