#ECB59F#ECB59F

#ECB59F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.071 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB59F
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(17, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, 16.95, 18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 25.40, 48.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% 0.0522 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.071 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.3754, 53.3869, 40.0767)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB59F #9FD6EC

analogous

#EC9FAF #ECB59F #ECDC9F

triadic

#ECB59F #9FECB5 #B59FEC

tetradic

#ECB59F #AFEC9F #9FD6EC #DC9FEC

square

#ECB59F #AFEC9F #9FD6EC #DC9FEC

split-complementary

#ECB59F #9FECDC #9FAFEC

monochromatic

#D86639 #E28E6C #ECB59F #F6DCD2 #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#ECB59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB59F

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB59F	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.071 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cbbb',
    500: '#ecb59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb59f;
$custom-light: #f3cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81762,
    "c": 0.07118,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB59F

secondary

#67ACC8

accent

#9ACF17

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB59F

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

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