#ECB59C#ECB59C

#ECB59C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.073 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB59C
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(19, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, 16.58, 20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 26.32, 50.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% 0.051 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.073 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1182, 53.2840, 38.7223)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB59C #9CD3EC

analogous

#EC9CAB #ECB59C #ECDD9C

triadic

#ECB59C #9CECB5 #B59CEC

tetradic

#ECB59C #ABEC9C #9CD3EC #DD9CEC

square

#ECB59C #ABEC9C #9CD3EC #DD9CEC

split-complementary

#ECB59C #9CECDD #9CABEC

monochromatic

#D86835 #E28F69 #ECB59C #F6DBCF #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#ECB59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB59C

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB59C	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.073 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cbb9',
    500: '#ecb59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb59c;
$custom-light: #f3cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81695,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB59C

secondary

#64A9C8

accent

#96D016

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB59C

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

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