#ECB457#ECB457

#ECB457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB457
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, 10.69, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 55.21, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0268 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.127 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6367, 51.1672, 16.1189)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB457 #578FEC

analogous

#EC6957 #ECB457 #D9EC57

triadic

#ECB457 #57ECB4 #B457EC

tetradic

#ECB457 #57EC69 #578FEC #EC57D9

square

#ECB457 #57EC69 #578FEC #EC57D9

split-complementary

#ECB457 #57D9EC #6957EC

monochromatic

#B47814 #E69B20 #ECB457 #F2CD8E #F8E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ECB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#ECB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB457

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB457	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)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca8a',
    500: '#ecb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb457;
$custom-light: #f6ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB457

secondary

#3364B4

accent

#59DC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB457

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

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