#ECB549#ECB549

#ECB549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.138 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB549
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, 9.35, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 61.26, 81.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0211 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.138 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3218, 51.3654, 13.4608)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB549 #4980EC

analogous

#EC6349 #ECB549 #D1EC49

triadic

#ECB549 #49ECB5 #B549EC

tetradic

#ECB549 #49EC63 #4980EC #EC49D1

square

#ECB549 #49EC63 #4980EC #EC49D1

split-complementary

#ECB549 #49D1EC #6349EC

monochromatic

#A97612 #E09D17 #ECB549 #F2CC80 #F8E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#ECB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB549

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB549	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)

#CBB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.138 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ca81',
    500: '#ecb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb549;
$custom-light: #f7ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.755,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80432,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB549

secondary

#2F59AA

accent

#50DD08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB549

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

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