#ECB159#ECB159

#ECB159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.125 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB159
RGB	rgb(236, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 12.40, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 53.87, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0321 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.125 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1204, 50.0022, 16.3555)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB159 #5994EC

analogous

#EC6759 #ECB159 #DEEC59

triadic

#ECB159 #59ECB1 #B159EC

tetradic

#ECB159 #59EC67 #5994EC #EC59DE

square

#ECB159 #59EC67 #5994EC #EC59DE

split-complementary

#ECB159 #59DEEC #6759EC

monochromatic

#B67515 #E69722 #ECB159 #F2CB90 #F9E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#ECB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#ECB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB159

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB159	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.125 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c88b',
    500: '#ecb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb159;
$custom-light: #f6c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.918,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79829,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB159

secondary

#B6CBEA

accent

#5EDC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB159

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

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