#ECB862#ECB862

#ECB862 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.120 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB862
RGB	rgb(236, 184, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, 9.33, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 51.06, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0243 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.12 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9400, 52.9992, 18.9417)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB862 #6296EC

analogous

#EC7362 #ECB862 #DBEC62

triadic

#ECB862 #62ECB8 #B862EC

tetradic

#ECB862 #62EC73 #6296EC #EC62DB

square

#ECB862 #62EC73 #6296EC #EC62DB

split-complementary

#ECB862 #62DBEC #7362EC

monochromatic

#BD7E17 #E59F2B #ECB862 #F3D199 #F9E9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#ECB862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB862

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB862	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)

#CDB95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 184, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.120 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd91',
    500: '#ecb862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb862;
$custom-light: #f5cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81273,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB862

secondary

#3769BC

accent

#59DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB862

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

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