#ECB556#ECB556

#ECB556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB556
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 10.10, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 55.81, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.025 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.128 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7987, 51.5562, 15.9727)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB556 #568DEC

analogous

#EC6A56 #ECB556 #D8EC56

triadic

#ECB556 #56ECB5 #B556EC

tetradic

#ECB556 #56EC6A #568DEC #EC56D8

square

#ECB556 #56EC6A #568DEC #EC56D8

split-complementary

#ECB556 #56D8EC #6A56EC

monochromatic

#B37914 #E69D1F #ECB556 #F2CD8D #F8E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#ECB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB556

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB556	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)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb89',
    500: '#ecb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb556;
$custom-light: #f6cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80558,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB556

secondary

#3362B3

accent

#57DC09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB556

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

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