#ECB957#ECB957

#ECB957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.129 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB957
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, 8.06, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 56.12, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0191 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.129 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6643, 53.2225, 16.4614)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB957 #578AEC

analogous

#EC6E57 #ECB957 #D4EC57

triadic

#ECB957 #57ECB9 #B957EC

tetradic

#ECB957 #57EC6E #578AEC #EC57D4

square

#ECB957 #57EC6E #578AEC #EC57D4

split-complementary

#ECB957 #57D4EC #6E57EC

monochromatic

#B47E14 #E6A220 #ECB957 #F2D08E #F8E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#ECB957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB957

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB957	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)

#CEB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.129 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd8a',
    500: '#ecb957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb957;
$custom-light: #f6cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.463,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81339,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB957

secondary

#335FB4

accent

#52DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB957

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

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