#ECB38C#ECB38C

#ECB38C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.085 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB38C
RGB	rgb(236, 179, 140)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(24, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 40.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 15.79, 27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 32.09, 60.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% 0.0478 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.085 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4478, 51.9698, 31.9165)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB38C #8CC5EC

analogous

#EC8C95 #ECB38C #ECE38C

triadic

#ECB38C #8CECB3 #B38CEC

tetradic

#ECB38C #95EC8C #8CC5EC #E38CEC

square

#ECB38C #95EC8C #8CC5EC #E38CEC

split-complementary

#ECB38C #8CECE3 #8C95EC

monochromatic

#DA6E24 #E39057 #ECB38C #F5D6C1 #FBEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#ECB38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB38C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB38C	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 179, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.085 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c9ae',
    500: '#ecb38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb38c;
$custom-light: #f4c9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8099,
    "c": 0.08461,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB38C

secondary

#5599C7

accent

#85D412

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F7

border

#D7D2D0

text

#171310

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB38C

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

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