#ECBB49#ECBB49

#ECBB49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBB49
RGB	rgb(236, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, 6.20, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 62.38, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% 0.012 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.14 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5681, 53.8581, 13.8763)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBB49 #497AEC

analogous

#EC6949 #ECBB49 #CCEC49

triadic

#ECBB49 #49ECBB #BB49EC

tetradic

#ECBB49 #49EC69 #497AEC #EC49CC

square

#ECBB49 #49EC69 #497AEC #EC49CC

split-complementary

#ECBB49 #49CCEC #6949EC

monochromatic

#A97B12 #E0A417 #ECBB49 #F2D080 #F8E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ECBB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#ECBB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBB49

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBB49	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf81',
    500: '#ecbb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbb49;
$custom-light: #f6cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBB49

secondary

#2F54AA

accent

#48DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBB49

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

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