#ECB461#ECB461

#ECB461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.120 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB461
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 11.37, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 50.82, 77.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0301 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.12 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0739, 51.3421, 18.4216)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB461 #6199EC

analogous

#EC6E61 #ECB461 #DFEC61

triadic

#ECB461 #61ECB4 #B461EC

tetradic

#ECB461 #61EC6E #6199EC #EC61DF

square

#ECB461 #61EC6E #6199EC #EC61DF

split-complementary

#ECB461 #61DFEC #6E61EC

monochromatic

#BC7917 #E59A2A #ECB461 #F3CE98 #F9E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#ECB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB461

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB461	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.120 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca90',
    500: '#ecb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb461;
$custom-light: #f6ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80495,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB461

secondary

#366CBB

accent

#5FDB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB461

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

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