#ECB456#ECB456

#ECB456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.128 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB456
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 10.62, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 55.64, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% 0.0265 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.128 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5961, 51.1510, 15.9052)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB456 #568EEC

analogous

#EC6956 #ECB456 #D9EC56

triadic

#ECB456 #56ECB4 #B456EC

tetradic

#ECB456 #56EC69 #568EEC #EC56D9

square

#ECB456 #56EC69 #568EEC #EC56D9

split-complementary

#ECB456 #56D9EC #6956EC

monochromatic

#B37814 #E69C1F #ECB456 #F2CC8D #F8E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ECB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#ECB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB456

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB456	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.128 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca89',
    500: '#ecb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb456;
$custom-light: #f6ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB456

secondary

#3363B3

accent

#58DC09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB456

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

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