#ECB249#ECB249

#ECB249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.137 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB249
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 10.93, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 60.77, 79.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0257 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.137 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7183, 50.1585, 13.2597)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB249 #4983EC

analogous

#EC6049 #ECB249 #D5EC49

triadic

#ECB249 #49ECB2 #B249EC

tetradic

#ECB249 #49EC60 #4983EC #EC49D5

square

#ECB249 #49EC60 #4983EC #EC49D5

split-complementary

#ECB249 #49D5EC #6049EC

monochromatic

#A97312 #E09917 #ECB249 #F2C980 #F8E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#ECB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB249

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB249	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)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.137 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c881',
    500: '#ecb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb249;
$custom-light: #f7c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.65,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79857,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB249

secondary

#2F5BAA

accent

#54DD08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB249

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

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