#ECB24F#ECB24F

#ECB24F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.133 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB24F
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 79)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 11.26, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 58.29, 78.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0275 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.133 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9269, 50.2420, 14.3584)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB24F #4F89EC

analogous

#EC644F #ECB24F #D8EC4F

triadic

#ECB24F #4FECB2 #B24FEC

tetradic

#ECB24F #4FEC64 #4F89EC #EC4FD8

square

#ECB24F #4FEC64 #4F89EC #EC4FD8

split-complementary

#ECB24F #4FD8EC #644FEC

monochromatic

#AE7513 #E59A19 #ECB24F #F2CA86 #F8E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#ECB24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB24F

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB24F	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.133 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c884',
    500: '#ecb24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb24f;
$custom-light: #f6c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.834,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79913,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB24F

secondary

#315FAE

accent

#57DD09

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB24F

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

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