#ECBC56#ECBC56

#ECBC56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBC56
RGB	rgb(236, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, 6.42, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 57.16, 83.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% 0.0142 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.131 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2580, 54.4747, 16.4592)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBC56 #5686EC

analogous

#EC7156 #ECBC56 #D1EC56

triadic

#ECBC56 #56ECBC #BC56EC

tetradic

#ECBC56 #56EC71 #5686EC #EC56D1

square

#ECBC56 #56EC71 #5686EC #EC56D1

split-complementary

#ECBC56 #56D1EC #7156EC

monochromatic

#B38014 #E6A61F #ECBC56 #F2D28D #F8E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ECBC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#ECBC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBC56

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBC56	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf89',
    500: '#ecbc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbc56;
$custom-light: #f6cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81911,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBC56

secondary

#335CB3

accent

#4DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBC56

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

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