#ECB659#ECB659

#ECB659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.126 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB659
RGB	rgb(236, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, 9.76, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 54.68, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% 0.0244 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.126 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1262, 52.0137, 16.6908)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB659 #598FEC

analogous

#EC6C59 #ECB659 #D8EC59

triadic

#ECB659 #59ECB6 #B659EC

tetradic

#ECB659 #59EC6C #598FEC #EC59D8

square

#ECB659 #59EC6C #598FEC #EC59D8

split-complementary

#ECB659 #59D8EC #6C59EC

monochromatic

#B67B15 #E69E22 #ECB659 #F2CE90 #F9E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#ECB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB659

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB659	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.126 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb8b',
    500: '#ecb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb659;
$custom-light: #f6cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80783,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB659

secondary

#3463B5

accent

#57DC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB659

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

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