#ECB959#ECB959

#ECB959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.127 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB959
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, 8.19, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 55.25, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% 0.0198 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.127 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7472, 53.2556, 16.8977)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB959 #598CEC

analogous

#EC6F59 #ECB959 #D5EC59

triadic

#ECB959 #59ECB9 #B959EC

tetradic

#ECB959 #59EC6F #598CEC #EC59D5

square

#ECB959 #59EC6F #598CEC #EC59D5

split-complementary

#ECB959 #59D5EC #6F59EC

monochromatic

#B67E15 #E6A222 #ECB959 #F2D090 #F9E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#ECB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB959

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB959	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.127 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd8b',
    500: '#ecb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb959;
$custom-light: #f6cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81361,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB959

secondary

#3461B5

accent

#53DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB959

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

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