#ECB59D#ECB59D

#ECB59D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.072 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB59D
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(18, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(18, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 16.71, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 26.01, 50.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% 0.0514 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.072 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2033, 53.3180, 39.1701)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB59D #9DD4EC

analogous

#EC9DAD #ECB59D #ECDD9D

triadic

#ECB59D #9DECB5 #B59DEC

tetradic

#ECB59D #ADEC9D #9DD4EC #DD9DEC

square

#ECB59D #ADEC9D #9DD4EC #DD9DEC

split-complementary

#ECB59D #9DECDD #9DADEC

monochromatic

#D86836 #E28E6A #ECB59D #F6DCD0 #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#ECB59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB59D

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB59D	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)

#C3BA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.072 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cbba',
    500: '#ecb59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb59d;
$custom-light: #f3cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.228,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB59D

secondary

#65AAC8

accent

#97CF16

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB59D

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

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