#ECB161#ECB161

#ECB161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB161
RGB	rgb(236, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, 12.95, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 50.37, 75.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0348 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.119 73)
XYZ	xyz(52.4748, 50.1439, 18.2219)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB161 #619CEC

analogous

#EC6B61 #ECB161 #E2EC61

triadic

#ECB161 #61ECB1 #B161EC

tetradic

#ECB161 #61EC6B #619CEC #EC61E2

square

#ECB161 #61EC6B #619CEC #EC61E2

split-complementary

#ECB161 #61E2EC #6B61EC

monochromatic

#BC7617 #E5962A #ECB161 #F3CC98 #F9E7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#ECB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB161

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB161	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c890',
    500: '#ecb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb161;
$custom-light: #f6c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79925,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.5014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB161

secondary

#366FBB

accent

#63DB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB161

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

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