#ECB661#ECB661

#ECB661 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB661
RGB	rgb(236, 182, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 10.31, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 51.15, 78.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% 0.027 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.12 77)
XYZ	xyz(53.4806, 52.1554, 18.5571)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB661 #6197EC

analogous

#EC7161 #ECB661 #DCEC61

triadic

#ECB661 #61ECB6 #B661EC

tetradic

#ECB661 #61EC71 #6197EC #EC61DC

square

#ECB661 #61EC71 #6197EC #EC61DC

split-complementary

#ECB661 #61DCEC #7161EC

monochromatic

#BC7C17 #E59D2A #ECB661 #F3CF98 #F9E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#ECB661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB661

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB661	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 182, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb90',
    500: '#ecb661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb661;
$custom-light: #f6cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80877,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.52152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB661

secondary

#366ABB

accent

#5CDB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB661

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

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