#ECB489#ECB489

#ECB489 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.087 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB489
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(26, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(26, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 14.94, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 33.32, 63.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0451 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.087 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4308, 52.2848, 30.8344)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB489 #89C1EC

analogous

#EC898F #ECB489 #ECE689

triadic

#ECB489 #89ECB4 #B489EC

tetradic

#ECB489 #8FEC89 #89C1EC #E689EC

square

#ECB489 #8FEC89 #89C1EC #E689EC

split-complementary

#ECB489 #89ECE6 #898FEC

monochromatic

#D87123 #E49254 #ECB489 #F4D6BE #FBEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#ECB489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#ECB489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB489

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB489	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.087 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4caab',
    500: '#ecb489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb489;
$custom-light: #f4caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.061,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8112,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB489

secondary

#5394C6

accent

#80D411

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F7

border

#D7D2D0

text

#171310

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB489

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

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