#ECB859#ECB859

#ECB859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.127 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB859
RGB	rgb(236, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 8.71, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 55.05, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0213 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.127 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5387, 52.8387, 16.8283)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB859 #598DEC

analogous

#EC6E59 #ECB859 #D6EC59

triadic

#ECB859 #59ECB8 #B859EC

tetradic

#ECB859 #59EC6E #598DEC #EC59D6

square

#ECB859 #59EC6E #598DEC #EC59D6

split-complementary

#ECB859 #59D6EC #6E59EC

monochromatic

#B67D15 #E6A122 #ECB859 #F2CF90 #F9E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ECB859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#ECB859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB859

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB859	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.127 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd8b',
    500: '#ecb859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb859;
$custom-light: #f6cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB859

secondary

#3462B5

accent

#54DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB859

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

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