#ECB559#ECB559

#ECB559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.126 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB559
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 10.29, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 54.51, 79.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% 0.0259 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.126 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9221, 51.6055, 16.6227)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB559 #5990EC

analogous

#EC6B59 #ECB559 #D9EC59

triadic

#ECB559 #59ECB5 #B559EC

tetradic

#ECB559 #59EC6B #5990EC #EC59D9

square

#ECB559 #59EC6B #5990EC #EC59D9

split-complementary

#ECB559 #59D9EC #6B59EC

monochromatic

#B67A15 #E69D22 #ECB559 #F2CD90 #F9E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#ECB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB559

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB559	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.126 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb8b',
    500: '#ecb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb559;
$custom-light: #f6cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80591,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB559

secondary

#3464B5

accent

#58DC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB559

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

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