#ECBB61#ECBB61

#ECBB61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBB61
RGB	rgb(236, 187, 97)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, 7.68, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 52.10, 81.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% 0.0193 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.122 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5229, 54.2400, 18.9046)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBB61 #6192EC

analogous

#EC7561 #ECBB61 #D7EC61

triadic

#ECBB61 #61ECBB #BB61EC

tetradic

#ECBB61 #61EC75 #6192EC #EC61D7

square

#ECBB61 #61EC75 #6192EC #EC61D7

split-complementary

#ECBB61 #61D7EC #7561EC

monochromatic

#BC8217 #E5A32A #ECBB61 #F3D398 #F9EACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ECBB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#ECBB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBB61

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBB61	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 187, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cf90',
    500: '#ecbb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbb61;
$custom-light: #f5cf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.849,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81839,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBB61

secondary

#3665BB

accent

#54DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBB61

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

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