#ECBB59#ECBB59

#ECBB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.128 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBB59
RGB	rgb(236, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, 7.14, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 55.65, 82.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% 0.0167 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.128 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1685, 54.0983, 17.0382)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBB59 #598AEC

analogous

#EC7159 #ECBB59 #D3EC59

triadic

#ECBB59 #59ECBB #BB59EC

tetradic

#ECBB59 #59EC71 #598AEC #EC59D3

square

#ECBB59 #59EC71 #598AEC #EC59D3

split-complementary

#ECBB59 #59D3EC #7159EC

monochromatic

#B68015 #E6A522 #ECBB59 #F2D190 #F9E8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ECBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#ECBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBB59

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBB59	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.128 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf8b',
    500: '#ecbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbb59;
$custom-light: #f6cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81748,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBB59

secondary

#345FB5

accent

#50DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBB59

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

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