#ECB649#ECB649

#ECB649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB649
RGB	rgb(236, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 8.82, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 61.43, 81.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% 0.0196 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.138 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5258, 51.7735, 13.5288)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB649 #497FEC

analogous

#EC6449 #ECB649 #D0EC49

triadic

#ECB649 #49ECB6 #B649EC

tetradic

#ECB649 #49EC64 #497FEC #EC49D0

square

#ECB649 #49EC64 #497FEC #EC49D0

split-complementary

#ECB649 #49D0EC #6449EC

monochromatic

#A97712 #E09E17 #ECB649 #F2CC80 #F8E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#ECB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#ECB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB649

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB649	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb81',
    500: '#ecb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb649;
$custom-light: #f7cb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.123,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80624,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB649

secondary

#2F58AA

accent

#4FDD08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB649

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

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