#ECB356#ECB356

#ECB356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB356
RGB	rgb(236, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 11.15, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 55.48, 78.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% 0.0281 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.128 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3950, 50.7487, 15.8382)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB356 #568FEC

analogous

#EC6856 #ECB356 #DAEC56

triadic

#ECB356 #56ECB3 #B356EC

tetradic

#ECB356 #56EC68 #568FEC #EC56DA

square

#ECB356 #56EC68 #568FEC #EC56DA

split-complementary

#ECB356 #56DAEC #6856EC

monochromatic

#B37714 #E69A1F #ECB356 #F2CC8D #F8E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ECB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#ECB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB356

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB356	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c989',
    500: '#ecb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb356;
$custom-light: #f6c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80176,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB356

secondary

#3364B3

accent

#59DC09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB356

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

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