#ECB861#ECB861

#ECB861 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.121 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB861
RGB	rgb(236, 184, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, 9.26, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 51.51, 79.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0239 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.121 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8931, 52.9804, 18.6946)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB861 #6195EC

analogous

#EC7261 #ECB861 #DAEC61

triadic

#ECB861 #61ECB8 #B861EC

tetradic

#ECB861 #61EC72 #6195EC #EC61DA

square

#ECB861 #61EC72 #6195EC #EC61DA

split-complementary

#ECB861 #61DAEC #7261EC

monochromatic

#BC7E17 #E59F2A #ECB861 #F3D198 #F9E9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#ECB861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB861

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB861	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 184, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.121 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd90',
    500: '#ecb861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb861;
$custom-light: #f5cd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8126,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB861

secondary

#3668BB

accent

#59DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB861

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

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