#ECB856#ECB856

#ECB856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.129 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB856
RGB	rgb(236, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, 8.52, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 56.36, 81.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0204 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.129 81)
XYZ	xyz(53.4153, 52.7893, 16.1783)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB856 #568AEC

analogous

#EC6D56 #ECB856 #D5EC56

triadic

#ECB856 #56ECB8 #B856EC

tetradic

#ECB856 #56EC6D #568AEC #EC56D5

square

#ECB856 #56EC6D #568AEC #EC56D5

split-complementary

#ECB856 #56D5EC #6D56EC

monochromatic

#B37C14 #E6A11F #ECB856 #F2CF8D #F8E6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ECB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#ECB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB856

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB856	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.129 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd89',
    500: '#ecb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb856;
$custom-light: #f6cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81135,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.52786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB856

secondary

#335FB3

accent

#52DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB856

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

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