#ECBC40#ECBC40

#ECBC40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.146 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBC40
RGB	rgb(236, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, 5.25, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 66.08, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% 0.0082 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.146 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5039, 54.1731, 12.4879)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBC40 #4070EC

analogous

#EC6640 #ECBC40 #C6EC40

triadic

#ECBC40 #40ECBC #BC40EC

tetradic

#ECBC40 #40EC66 #4070EC #EC40C6

square

#ECBC40 #40EC66 #4070EC #EC40C6

split-complementary

#ECBC40 #40C6EC #6640EC

monochromatic

#A27910 #D9A316 #ECBC40 #F2D078 #F7E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ECBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#ECBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBC40

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBC40	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.146 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cf7c',
    500: '#ecbc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbc40;
$custom-light: #f7cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 81.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBC40

secondary

#2C4EA4

accent

#68F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBC40

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

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