#ECB555#ECB555

#ECB555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.129 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB555
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 10.03, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 56.24, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.0246 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.129 79)
XYZ	xyz(52.7587, 51.5402, 15.7620)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB555 #558CEC

analogous

#EC6A55 #ECB555 #D7EC55

triadic

#ECB555 #55ECB5 #B555EC

tetradic

#ECB555 #55EC6A #558CEC #EC55D7

square

#ECB555 #55EC6A #558CEC #EC55D7

split-complementary

#ECB555 #55D7EC #6A55EC

monochromatic

#B37914 #E69D1E #ECB555 #F2CD8C #F8E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#ECB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB555

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB555	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.129 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb88',
    500: '#ecb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb555;
$custom-light: #f6cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80548,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.51536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB555

secondary

#3361B3

accent

#56DC09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB555

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

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