#ECB557#ECB557

#ECB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB557
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, 10.16, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 55.38, 79.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0253 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.128 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8393, 51.5724, 16.1864)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB557 #578EEC

analogous

#EC6A57 #ECB557 #D9EC57

triadic

#ECB557 #57ECB5 #B557EC

tetradic

#ECB557 #57EC6A #578EEC #EC57D9

square

#ECB557 #57EC6A #578EEC #EC57D9

split-complementary

#ECB557 #57D9EC #6A57EC

monochromatic

#B47914 #E69D20 #ECB557 #F2CD8E #F8E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#ECB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB557

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB557	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)

#CBB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb8a',
    500: '#ecb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb557;
$custom-light: #f6cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.852,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80569,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB557

secondary

#3363B4

accent

#57DC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB557

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

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