#ECB22A#ECB22A

#ECB22A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.153 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB22A
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 82.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 9.69, 71.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 71.70, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0187 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.153 83)
XYZ	xyz(50.9339, 49.8448, 9.1284)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB22A #2A64EC

analogous

#EC512A #ECB22A #C5EC2A

triadic

#ECB22A #2AECB2 #B22AEC

tetradic

#ECB22A #2AEC51 #2A64EC #EC2AC5

square

#ECB22A #2AEC51 #2A64EC #EC2AC5

split-complementary

#ECB22A #2AC5EC #512AEC

monochromatic

#8F680D #C79112 #ECB22A #F1C662 #F6DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#ECB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#ECB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB22A

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB22A	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.153 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c871',
    500: '#ecb22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb22a;
$custom-light: #f8c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.062,
    "s": 83.621,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79644,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.49841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB22A

secondary

#90A8E2

accent

#6BFA2E

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB22A

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

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