#ECB945#ECB945

#ECB945 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB945
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 70.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 7.05, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 63.58, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.014 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.142 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0184, 52.9641, 13.0597)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB945 #4578EC

analogous

#EC6645 #ECB945 #CBEC45

triadic

#ECB945 #45ECB9 #B945EC

tetradic

#ECB945 #45EC66 #4578EC #EC45CB

square

#ECB945 #45EC66 #4578EC #EC45CB

split-complementary

#ECB945 #45CBEC #6645EC

monochromatic

#A67811 #DDA117 #ECB945 #F2CE7D #F7E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#ECB945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB945

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB945	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)

#CFB935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd7f',
    500: '#ecb945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb945;
$custom-light: #f7cd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.677,
    "s": 81.463,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81171,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB945

secondary

#2E53A7

accent

#6DF830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB945

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

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