#ECB38E#ECB38E

#ECB38E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.083 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB38E
RGB	rgb(236, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(24, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(24, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 16.01, 26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 31.32, 59.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% 0.0486 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.083 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5966, 52.0293, 32.7002)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB38E #8EC7EC

analogous

#EC8E98 #ECB38E #ECE28E

triadic

#ECB38E #8EECB3 #B38EEC

tetradic

#ECB38E #98EC8E #8EC7EC #E28EEC

square

#ECB38E #98EC8E #8EC7EC #E28EEC

split-complementary

#ECB38E #8EECE2 #8E98EC

monochromatic

#DA6D25 #E3905A #ECB38E #F5D6C2 #FBEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#ECB38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB38E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB38E	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.083 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c9af',
    500: '#ecb38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb38e;
$custom-light: #f4c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.617,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81029,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB38E

secondary

#579BC7

accent

#87D312

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F7

border

#D7D2D0

text

#171310

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB38E

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

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