#ECB969#ECB969

#ECB969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.114 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB969
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 105)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 9.33, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 48.09, 78.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0252 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.114 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4935, 53.5542, 20.8286)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB969 #699CEC

analogous

#EC7869 #ECB969 #DEEC69

triadic

#ECB969 #69ECB9 #B969EC

tetradic

#ECB969 #69EC78 #699CEC #EC69DE

square

#ECB969 #69EC78 #699CEC #EC69DE

split-complementary

#ECB969 #69DEEC #7869EC

monochromatic

#C28019 #E5A033 #ECB969 #F3D29F #FAECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECB969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#ECB969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB969

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB969	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)

#CDBA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.114 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd96',
    500: '#ecb969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb969;
$custom-light: #f5cd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81555,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB969

secondary

#396EC0

accent

#5CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB969

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

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