#ECB357#ECB357

#ECB357 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.127 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB357
RGB	rgb(236, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 11.21, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 55.05, 78.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0284 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.127 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4355, 50.7649, 16.0518)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB357 #5790EC

analogous

#EC6857 #ECB357 #DAEC57

triadic

#ECB357 #57ECB3 #B357EC

tetradic

#ECB357 #57EC68 #5790EC #EC57DA

square

#ECB357 #57EC68 #5790EC #EC57DA

split-complementary

#ECB357 #57DAEC #6857EC

monochromatic

#B47714 #E69A20 #ECB357 #F2CC8E #F8E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ECB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#ECB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB357

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB357	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)

#C9B54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.127 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c98a',
    500: '#ecb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb357;
$custom-light: #f6c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.047,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80187,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB357

secondary

#3364B4

accent

#5ADC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB357

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

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