#ECB562#ECB562

#ECB562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB562
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 10.91, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 50.54, 77.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0289 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.119 76)
XYZ	xyz(53.3234, 51.7661, 18.7362)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB562 #6299EC

analogous

#EC7062 #ECB562 #DEEC62

triadic

#ECB562 #62ECB5 #B562EC

tetradic

#ECB562 #62EC70 #6299EC #EC62DE

square

#ECB562 #62EC70 #6299EC #EC62DE

split-complementary

#ECB562 #62DEEC #7062EC

monochromatic

#BD7B17 #E59B2B #ECB562 #F3CF99 #F9E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#ECB562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#ECB562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB562

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB562	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)

#CAB75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cb91',
    500: '#ecb562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb562;
$custom-light: #f5cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80698,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.51762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB562

secondary

#376CBC

accent

#5EDB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB562

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

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