#ECBA59#ECBA59

#ECBA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.128 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBA59
RGB	rgb(236, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, 7.66, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 55.44, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% 0.0182 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.128 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9571, 53.6755, 16.9677)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBA59 #598BEC

analogous

#EC7059 #ECBA59 #D4EC59

triadic

#ECBA59 #59ECBA #BA59EC

tetradic

#ECBA59 #59EC70 #598BEC #EC59D4

square

#ECBA59 #59EC70 #598BEC #EC59D4

split-complementary

#ECBA59 #59D4EC #7059EC

monochromatic

#B67F15 #E6A322 #ECBA59 #F2D190 #F9E8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#ECBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBA59

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBA59	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ce8b',
    500: '#ecba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecba59;
$custom-light: #f6ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81554,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBA59

secondary

#3460B5

accent

#51DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBA59

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

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