#ECB262#ECB262

#ECB262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB262
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 12.49, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 50.07, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0336 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.119 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7200, 50.5592, 18.5351)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB262 #629CEC

analogous

#EC6D62 #ECB262 #E1EC62

triadic

#ECB262 #62ECB2 #B262EC

tetradic

#ECB262 #62EC6D #629CEC #EC62E1

square

#ECB262 #62EC6D #629CEC #EC62E1

split-complementary

#ECB262 #62E1EC #6D62EC

monochromatic

#BD7717 #E5972B #ECB262 #F3CD99 #F9E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#ECB262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#ECB262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB262

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB262	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)

#C7B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c891',
    500: '#ecb262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb262;
$custom-light: #f6c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80127,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB262

secondary

#376FBC

accent

#62DB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB262

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

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