#ECBA56#ECBA56

#ECBA56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBA56
RGB	rgb(236, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, 7.47, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 56.75, 82.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% 0.0173 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.13 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8337, 53.6261, 16.3177)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBA56 #5688EC

analogous

#EC6F56 #ECBA56 #D3EC56

triadic

#ECBA56 #56ECBA #BA56EC

tetradic

#ECBA56 #56EC6F #5688EC #EC56D3

square

#ECBA56 #56EC6F #5688EC #EC56D3

split-complementary

#ECBA56 #56D3EC #6F56EC

monochromatic

#B37E14 #E6A41F #ECBA56 #F2D08D #F8E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#ECBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBA56

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBA56	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)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ce89',
    500: '#ecba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecba56;
$custom-light: #f6ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81522,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBA56

secondary

#335EB3

accent

#50DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBA56

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

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