#ECB944#ECB944

#ECB944 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB944
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 71.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 7.00, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 63.97, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% 0.0137 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.142 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9876, 52.9518, 12.8976)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB944 #4477EC

analogous

#EC6544 #ECB944 #CBEC44

triadic

#ECB944 #44ECB9 #B944EC

tetradic

#ECB944 #44EC65 #4477EC #EC44CB

square

#ECB944 #44EC65 #4477EC #EC44CB

split-complementary

#ECB944 #44CBEC #6544EC

monochromatic

#A57811 #DCA016 #ECB944 #F2CE7C #F7E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#ECB944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB944

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB944	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd7e',
    500: '#ecb944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb944;
$custom-light: #f7cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 81.553,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB944

secondary

#2E52A7

accent

#6DF830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB944

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

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