#ECB561#ECB561

#ECB561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.120 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB561
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 10.84, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 50.98, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0286 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.12 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2765, 51.7473, 18.4891)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB561 #6198EC

analogous

#EC6F61 #ECB561 #DDEC61

triadic

#ECB561 #61ECB5 #B561EC

tetradic

#ECB561 #61EC6F #6198EC #EC61DD

square

#ECB561 #61EC6F #6198EC #EC61DD

split-complementary

#ECB561 #61DDEC #6F61EC

monochromatic

#BC7B17 #E59B2A #ECB561 #F3CF98 #F9E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#ECB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#ECB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB561

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB561	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.120 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb90',
    500: '#ecb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb561;
$custom-light: #f6cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB561

secondary

#366BBB

accent

#5DDB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB561

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

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