#ECB255#ECB255

#ECB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB255
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 11.62, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 55.75, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0293 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.128 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1553, 50.3333, 15.5609)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB255 #558FEC

analogous

#EC6755 #ECB255 #DAEC55

triadic

#ECB255 #55ECB2 #B255EC

tetradic

#ECB255 #55EC67 #558FEC #EC55DA

square

#ECB255 #55EC67 #558FEC #EC55DA

split-complementary

#ECB255 #55DAEC #6755EC

monochromatic

#B37614 #E6991E #ECB255 #F2CB8C #F8E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#ECB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB255

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB255	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c888',
    500: '#ecb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb255;
$custom-light: #f6c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.954,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79975,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB255

secondary

#3364B3

accent

#5ADC09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB255

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

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