#ECB968#ECB968

#ECB968 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.115 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB968
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 104)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 55.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 9.26, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 48.55, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0248 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.115 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4424, 53.5337, 20.5595)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB968 #689BEC

analogous

#EC7768 #ECB968 #DDEC68

triadic

#ECB968 #68ECB9 #B968EC

tetradic

#ECB968 #68EC77 #689BEC #EC68DD

square

#ECB968 #68EC77 #689BEC #EC68DD

split-complementary

#ECB968 #68DDEC #7768EC

monochromatic

#C18018 #E5A032 #ECB968 #F3D29E #FAEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECB968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#ECB968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB968

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB968	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.115 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd95',
    500: '#ecb968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb968;
$custom-light: #f5cd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81542,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB968

secondary

#396DC0

accent

#5BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB968

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

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