#ECBA55#ECBA55

#ECBA55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBA55
RGB	rgb(236, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, 7.41, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 57.18, 82.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% 0.017 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.131 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7937, 53.6101, 16.1070)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBA55 #5587EC

analogous

#EC6E55 #ECBA55 #D3EC55

triadic

#ECBA55 #55ECBA #BA55EC

tetradic

#ECBA55 #55EC6E #5587EC #EC55D3

square

#ECBA55 #55EC6E #5587EC #EC55D3

split-complementary

#ECBA55 #55D3EC #6E55EC

monochromatic

#B37E14 #E6A41E #ECBA55 #F2D08C #F8E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#ECBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBA55

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBA55	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ce89',
    500: '#ecba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecba55;
$custom-light: #f6ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.132,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81512,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBA55

secondary

#335DB3

accent

#4FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBA55

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

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