#ECB85B#ECB85B

#ECB85B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.126 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB85B
RGB	rgb(236, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 8.84, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 54.17, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0219 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.126 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6238, 52.8727, 17.2766)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB85B #5B8FEC

analogous

#EC705B #ECB85B #D7EC5B

triadic

#ECB85B #5BECB8 #B85BEC

tetradic

#ECB85B #5BEC70 #5B8FEC #EC5BD7

square

#ECB85B #5BEC70 #5B8FEC #EC5BD7

split-complementary

#ECB85B #5BD7EC #705BEC

monochromatic

#B77D15 #E6A024 #ECB85B #F2D092 #F9E7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#ECB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB85B

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB85B	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#CDB952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.126 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd8c',
    500: '#ecb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb85b;
$custom-light: #f6cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB85B

secondary

#3463B7

accent

#55DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB85B

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

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