#ECBB56#ECBB56

#ECBB56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.130 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBB56
RGB	rgb(236, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, 6.95, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 56.95, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% 0.0158 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.13 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0451, 54.0489, 16.3882)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBB56 #5687EC

analogous

#EC7056 #ECBB56 #D2EC56

triadic

#ECBB56 #56ECBB #BB56EC

tetradic

#ECBB56 #56EC70 #5687EC #EC56D2

square

#ECBB56 #56EC70 #5687EC #EC56D2

split-complementary

#ECBB56 #56D2EC #7056EC

monochromatic

#B37F14 #E6A51F #ECBB56 #F2D18D #F8E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ECBB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#ECBB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBB56

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBB56	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.130 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf89',
    500: '#ecbb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbb56;
$custom-light: #f6cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81716,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBB56

secondary

#335DB3

accent

#4EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBB56

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

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