#ECB749#ECB749

#ECB749 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB749
RGB	rgb(236, 183, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, 8.30, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 61.61, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% 0.0181 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.138 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7313, 52.1846, 13.5973)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB749 #497EEC

analogous

#EC6549 #ECB749 #CFEC49

triadic

#ECB749 #49ECB7 #B749EC

tetradic

#ECB749 #49EC65 #497EEC #EC49CF

square

#ECB749 #49EC65 #497EEC #EC49CF

split-complementary

#ECB749 #49CFEC #6549EC

monochromatic

#A97812 #E09F17 #ECB749 #F2CD80 #F8E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#ECB749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB749

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB749	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 183, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cc81',
    500: '#ecb749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb749;
$custom-light: #f6cc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.491,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80817,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB749

secondary

#2F57AA

accent

#4DDD08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB749

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

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