#ECB965#ECB965

#ECB965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.118 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB965
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 101)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, 9.03, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 49.90, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% 0.0238 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.118 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2928, 53.4738, 19.7712)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB965 #6598EC

analogous

#EC7565 #ECB965 #DCEC65

triadic

#ECB965 #65ECB9 #B965EC

tetradic

#ECB965 #65EC75 #6598EC #EC65DC

square

#ECB965 #65EC75 #6598EC #EC65DC

split-complementary

#ECB965 #65DCEC #7565EC

monochromatic

#BF8018 #E5A02F #ECB965 #F3D29B #F9EBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECB965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#ECB965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB965

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB965	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.118 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd93',
    500: '#ecb965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb965;
$custom-light: #f5cd93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81503,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB965

secondary

#386ABE

accent

#59DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB965

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

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