#ECB256#ECB256

#ECB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB256
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 11.68, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 55.32, 77.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0296 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.128 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1953, 50.3493, 15.7716)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB256 #5690EC

analogous

#EC6756 #ECB256 #DBEC56

triadic

#ECB256 #56ECB2 #B256EC

tetradic

#ECB256 #56EC67 #5690EC #EC56DB

square

#ECB256 #56EC67 #5690EC #EC56DB

split-complementary

#ECB256 #56DBEC #6756EC

monochromatic

#B37614 #E6991F #ECB256 #F2CB8D #F8E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#ECB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB256

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB256	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c889',
    500: '#ecb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb256;
$custom-light: #f6c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79986,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB256

secondary

#3365B3

accent

#5BDC09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB256

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

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