#ECB162#ECB162

#ECB162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB162
RGB	rgb(236, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 13.02, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 49.93, 74.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0351 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.118 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5217, 50.1627, 18.4690)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB162 #629DEC

analogous

#EC6C62 #ECB162 #E2EC62

triadic

#ECB162 #62ECB1 #B162EC

tetradic

#ECB162 #62EC6C #629DEC #EC62E2

square

#ECB162 #62EC6C #629DEC #EC62E2

split-complementary

#ECB162 #62E2EC #6C62EC

monochromatic

#BD7617 #E5962B #ECB162 #F3CC99 #F9E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#ECB162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB162

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB162	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)

#C6B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c891',
    500: '#ecb162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb162;
$custom-light: #f6c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.348,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79938,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB162

secondary

#376FBC

accent

#64DB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB162

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

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