#ECB261#ECB261

#ECB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB261
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 12.42, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 50.51, 75.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0332 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.119 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6731, 50.5404, 18.2880)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB261 #619BEC

analogous

#EC6C61 #ECB261 #E0EC61

triadic

#ECB261 #61ECB2 #B261EC

tetradic

#ECB261 #61EC6C #619BEC #EC61E0

square

#ECB261 #61EC6C #619BEC #EC61E0

split-complementary

#ECB261 #61E0EC #6C61EC

monochromatic

#BC7717 #E5972A #ECB261 #F3CD98 #F9E7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#ECB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#ECB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB261

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB261	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c890',
    500: '#ecb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb261;
$custom-light: #f6c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.964,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80114,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB261

secondary

#366EBB

accent

#62DB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB261

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

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