#ECBB40#ECBB40

#ECBB40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.145 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBB40
RGB	rgb(236, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 72.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 5.77, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 65.88, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% 0.0097 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.145 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2910, 53.7473, 12.4169)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBB40 #4071EC

analogous

#EC6540 #ECBB40 #C7EC40

triadic

#ECBB40 #40ECBB #BB40EC

tetradic

#ECBB40 #40EC65 #4071EC #EC40C7

square

#ECBB40 #40EC65 #4071EC #EC40C7

split-complementary

#ECBB40 #40C7EC #6540EC

monochromatic

#A27810 #D9A116 #ECBB40 #F2CF78 #F7E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#ECBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBB40

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBB40	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.145 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cf7c',
    500: '#ecbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbb40;
$custom-light: #f7cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.907,
    "s": 81.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBB40

secondary

#2C4EA4

accent

#69F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBB40

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

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