#ECB459#ECB459

#ECB459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.126 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB459
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 10.82, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 54.34, 78.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0275 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.126 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7195, 51.2003, 16.5552)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB459 #5991EC

analogous

#EC6A59 #ECB459 #DAEC59

triadic

#ECB459 #59ECB4 #B459EC

tetradic

#ECB459 #59EC6A #5991EC #EC59DA

square

#ECB459 #59EC6A #5991EC #EC59DA

split-complementary

#ECB459 #59DAEC #6A59EC

monochromatic

#B67815 #E69B22 #ECB459 #F2CD90 #F9E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ECB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#ECB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB459

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB459	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.126 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca8b',
    500: '#ecb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb459;
$custom-light: #f6ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.804,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB459

secondary

#3465B5

accent

#5ADC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB459

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

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