#ECB59E#ECB59E

#ECB59E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.072 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB59E
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(18, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, 16.83, 19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 25.70, 49.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% 0.0518 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.072 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2890, 53.3523, 39.6216)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB59E #9ED5EC

analogous

#EC9EAE #ECB59E #ECDC9E

triadic

#ECB59E #9EECB5 #B59EEC

tetradic

#ECB59E #AEEC9E #9ED5EC #DC9EEC

square

#ECB59E #AEEC9E #9ED5EC #DC9EEC

split-complementary

#ECB59E #9EECDC #9EAEEC

monochromatic

#D86738 #E28E6B #ECB59E #F6DCD1 #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#ECB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB59E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB59E	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.072 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cbba',
    500: '#ecb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb59e;
$custom-light: #f3cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.692,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8174,
    "c": 0.07175,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB59E

secondary

#66ABC8

accent

#99CF16

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB59E

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

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