#ECBC49#ECBC49

#ECBC49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.140 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBC49
RGB	rgb(236, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, 5.68, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 62.59, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% 0.0105 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.14 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7810, 54.2839, 13.9472)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBC49 #4979EC

analogous

#EC6A49 #ECBC49 #CBEC49

triadic

#ECBC49 #49ECBC #BC49EC

tetradic

#ECBC49 #49EC6A #4979EC #EC49CB

square

#ECBC49 #49EC6A #4979EC #EC49CB

split-complementary

#ECBC49 #49CBEC #6A49EC

monochromatic

#A97C12 #E0A517 #ECBC49 #F2D080 #F8E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ECBC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#ECBC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBC49

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBC49	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.140 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf82',
    500: '#ecbc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbc49;
$custom-light: #f6cf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.331,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBC49

secondary

#2F53AA

accent

#47DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBC49

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

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