#ECB980#ECB980

#ECB980 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.094 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB980
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 128)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(32, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 45.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, 11.37, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 37.66, 72.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% 0.0337 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.094 69)
XYZ	xyz(55.8395, 54.0926, 27.9176)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB980 #80B3EC

analogous

#EC8380 #ECB980 #E9EC80

triadic

#ECB980 #80ECB9 #B980EC

tetradic

#ECB980 #80EC83 #80B3EC #EC80E9

square

#ECB980 #80EC83 #80B3EC #EC80E9

split-complementary

#ECB980 #80E9EC #8380EC

monochromatic

#D27E1F #E49C4B #ECB980 #F4D6B5 #FBF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ECB980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#ECB980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB980

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB980	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.094 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cea5',
    500: '#ecb980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb980;
$custom-light: #f4cea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.667,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81903,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.54089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB980

secondary

#4B85C6

accent

#6DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF6

border

#D7D3D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB980

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

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