#ECB259#ECB259

#ECB259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.126 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB259
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 11.87, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 54.02, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0306 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.126 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3187, 50.3987, 16.4216)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB259 #5993EC

analogous

#EC6859 #ECB259 #DCEC59

triadic

#ECB259 #59ECB2 #B259EC

tetradic

#ECB259 #59EC68 #5993EC #EC59DC

square

#ECB259 #59EC68 #5993EC #EC59DC

split-complementary

#ECB259 #59DCEC #6859EC

monochromatic

#B67615 #E69922 #ECB259 #F2CB90 #F9E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#ECB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB259

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB259	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.126 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c88b',
    500: '#ecb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb259;
$custom-light: #f6c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.327,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80019,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB259

secondary

#3467B5

accent

#5DDC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB259

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

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