#ECB272#ECB272

#ECB272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.106 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB272
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 114)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(31, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 13.77, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 42.97, 71.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0393 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.106 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5523, 50.8921, 22.9189)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB272 #72ACEC

analogous

#EC7572 #ECB272 #E9EC72

triadic

#ECB272 #72ECB2 #B272EC

tetradic

#ECB272 #72EC75 #72ACEC #EC72E9

square

#ECB272 #72EC75 #72ACEC #EC72E9

split-complementary

#ECB272 #72E9EC #7572EC

monochromatic

#C9761B #E5953C #ECB272 #F3CFA8 #FBEDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ECB272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#ECB272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB272

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB272	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.106 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c99b',
    500: '#ecb272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb272;
$custom-light: #f5c99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.475,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80351,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB272

secondary

#3E7EC4

accent

#6ED80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB272

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

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