#ECB956#ECB956

#ECB956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.130 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB956
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 7.99, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 56.55, 81.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% 0.0188 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.13 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6237, 53.2062, 16.2478)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB956 #5689EC

analogous

#EC6E56 #ECB956 #D4EC56

triadic

#ECB956 #56ECB9 #B956EC

tetradic

#ECB956 #56EC6E #5689EC #EC56D4

square

#ECB956 #56EC6E #5689EC #EC56D4

split-complementary

#ECB956 #56D4EC #6E56EC

monochromatic

#B37D14 #E6A21F #ECB956 #F2D08D #F8E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#ECB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB956

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB956	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.130 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd89',
    500: '#ecb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb956;
$custom-light: #f6cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81329,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB956

secondary

#335FB3

accent

#51DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB956

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

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