#ECB973#ECB973

#ECB973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.106 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB973
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 115)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(35, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 10.16, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 43.54, 76.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% 0.0288 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.106 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0380, 53.7720, 23.6964)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB973 #73A6EC

analogous

#EC7D73 #ECB973 #E3EC73

triadic

#ECB973 #73ECB9 #B973EC

tetradic

#ECB973 #73EC7D #73A6EC #EC73E3

square

#ECB973 #73EC7D #73A6EC #EC73E3

split-complementary

#ECB973 #73E3EC #7D73EC

monochromatic

#C9801B #E59E3D #ECB973 #F3D4A9 #FBEFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECB973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#ECB973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB973

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB973	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.106 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cd9c',
    500: '#ecb973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb973;
$custom-light: #f5cd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.711,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81696,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB973

secondary

#3F77C4

accent

#63D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB973

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

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