#ECB462#ECB462

#ECB462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.119 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB462
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, 11.44, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 50.37, 76.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0305 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.119 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1208, 51.3609, 18.6687)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB462 #629AEC

analogous

#EC6F62 #ECB462 #DFEC62

triadic

#ECB462 #62ECB4 #B462EC

tetradic

#ECB462 #62EC6F #629AEC #EC62DF

square

#ECB462 #62EC6F #629AEC #EC62DF

split-complementary

#ECB462 #62DFEC #6F62EC

monochromatic

#BD7917 #E59A2B #ECB462 #F3CE99 #F9E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#ECB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB462

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB462	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)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.119 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca91',
    500: '#ecb462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb462;
$custom-light: #f6ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80507,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB462

secondary

#376DBC

accent

#5FDB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB462

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

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