#ECB962#ECB962

#ECB962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB962
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, 8.80, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 51.25, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0227 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.12 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1484, 53.4161, 19.0112)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB962 #6295EC

analogous

#EC7462 #ECB962 #DAEC62

triadic

#ECB962 #62ECB9 #B962EC

tetradic

#ECB962 #62EC74 #6295EC #EC62DA

square

#ECB962 #62EC74 #6295EC #EC62DA

split-complementary

#ECB962 #62DAEC #7462EC

monochromatic

#BD7F17 #E5A12B #ECB962 #F3D199 #F9EACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#ECB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB962

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB962	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd91',
    500: '#ecb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb962;
$custom-light: #f5cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB962

secondary

#3768BC

accent

#58DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB962

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

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