#ECB24C#ECB24C

#ECB24C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB24C
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 76)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 11.09, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 59.54, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0266 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.135 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8202, 50.1993, 13.7962)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB24C #4C86EC

analogous

#EC624C #ECB24C #D6EC4C

triadic

#ECB24C #4CECB2 #B24CEC

tetradic

#ECB24C #4CEC62 #4C86EC #EC4CD6

square

#ECB24C #4CEC62 #4C86EC #EC4CD6

split-complementary

#ECB24C #4CD6EC #624CEC

monochromatic

#AB7412 #E39918 #ECB24C #F2CA83 #F8E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#ECB24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB24C

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB24C	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c883',
    500: '#ecb24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb24c;
$custom-light: #f6c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.25,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79884,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB24C

secondary

#305DAC

accent

#55DD08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB24C

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

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