#ECBA49#ECBA49

#ECBA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.139 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBA49
RGB	rgb(236, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 6.73, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 62.18, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% 0.0135 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.139 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3567, 53.4353, 13.8058)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBA49 #497BEC

analogous

#EC6849 #ECBA49 #CDEC49

triadic

#ECBA49 #49ECBA #BA49EC

tetradic

#ECBA49 #49EC68 #497BEC #EC49CD

square

#ECBA49 #49EC68 #497BEC #EC49CD

split-complementary

#ECBA49 #49CDEC #6849EC

monochromatic

#A97B12 #E0A317 #ECBA49 #F2CF80 #F8E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ECBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#ECBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBA49

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBA49	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)

#D0BA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.139 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ce81',
    500: '#ecba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecba49;
$custom-light: #f6ce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.595,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81398,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBA49

secondary

#2F55AA

accent

#4ADD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBA49

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

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