#ECB579#ECB579

#ECB579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.100 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB579
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 121)
HSL	hsl(31, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(31, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 12.81, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 40.24, 71.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% 0.0373 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.1 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5696, 52.2645, 25.2993)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB579 #79B0EC

analogous

#EC7B79 #ECB579 #EAEC79

triadic

#ECB579 #79ECB5 #B579EC

tetradic

#ECB579 #79EC7B #79B0EC #EC79EA

square

#ECB579 #79EC7B #79B0EC #EC79EA

split-complementary

#ECB579 #79EAEC #7B79EC

monochromatic

#CD791D #E49743 #ECB579 #F4D3AF #FBF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#ECB579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#ECB579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB579

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB579	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.100 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cba0',
    500: '#ecb579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb579;
$custom-light: #f5cba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81027,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB579

secondary

#4482C5

accent

#6ED70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB579

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

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