#ECB656#ECB656

#ECB656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.129 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB656
RGB	rgb(236, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 9.57, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 55.99, 80.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0234 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.129 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0028, 51.9643, 16.0408)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB656 #568CEC

analogous

#EC6B56 #ECB656 #D7EC56

triadic

#ECB656 #56ECB6 #B656EC

tetradic

#ECB656 #56EC6B #568CEC #EC56D7

square

#ECB656 #56EC6B #568CEC #EC56D7

split-complementary

#ECB656 #56D7EC #6B56EC

monochromatic

#B37A14 #E69E1F #ECB656 #F2CE8D #F8E6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#ECB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB656

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB656	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.129 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb89',
    500: '#ecb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb656;
$custom-light: #f6cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8075,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB656

secondary

#3361B3

accent

#55DC09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB656

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

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