#ECB949#ECB949

#ECB949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB949
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, 7.25, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 61.99, 83.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% 0.015 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.139 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1468, 53.0155, 13.7358)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB949 #497CEC

analogous

#EC6749 #ECB949 #CDEC49

triadic

#ECB949 #49ECB9 #B949EC

tetradic

#ECB949 #49EC67 #497CEC #EC49CD

square

#ECB949 #49EC67 #497CEC #EC49CD

split-complementary

#ECB949 #49CDEC #6749EC

monochromatic

#A97A12 #E0A217 #ECB949 #F2CE80 #F8E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#ECB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB949

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB949	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)

#CFB93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd81',
    500: '#ecb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb949;
$custom-light: #f6cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.227,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB949

secondary

#2F56AA

accent

#4BDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB949

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

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