#ECB849#ECB849

#ECB849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.139 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB849
RGB	rgb(236, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, 7.77, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 61.80, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% 0.0165 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.139 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9383, 52.5985, 13.6663)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB849 #497DEC

analogous

#EC6649 #ECB849 #CEEC49

triadic

#ECB849 #49ECB8 #B849EC

tetradic

#ECB849 #49EC66 #497DEC #EC49CE

square

#ECB849 #49EC66 #497DEC #EC49CE

split-complementary

#ECB849 #49CEEC #6649EC

monochromatic

#A97912 #E0A017 #ECB849 #F2CE80 #F8E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ECB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#ECB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB849

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB849	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.139 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd81',
    500: '#ecb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb849;
$custom-light: #f6cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.859,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB849

secondary

#2F56AA

accent

#4CDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB849

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

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