#ECBA61#ECBA61

#ECBA61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBA61
RGB	rgb(236, 186, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, 8.21, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 51.90, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% 0.0209 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.121 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3115, 53.8172, 18.8341)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBA61 #6193EC

analogous

#EC7461 #ECBA61 #D9EC61

triadic

#ECBA61 #61ECBA #BA61EC

tetradic

#ECBA61 #61EC74 #6193EC #EC61D9

square

#ECBA61 #61EC74 #6193EC #EC61D9

split-complementary

#ECBA61 #61D9EC #7461EC

monochromatic

#BC8117 #E5A22A #ECBA61 #F3D298 #F9EACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECBA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#ECBA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBA61

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBA61	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecba61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 186, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ce90',
    500: '#ecba61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecba61;
$custom-light: #f5ce90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecba61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81646,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBA61

secondary

#3666BB

accent

#56DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBA61

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

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