#ECBC57#ECBC57

#ECBC57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.130 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBC57
RGB	rgb(236, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, 6.48, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 56.73, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% 0.0146 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.13 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2985, 54.4909, 16.6728)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBC57 #5787EC

analogous

#EC7157 #ECBC57 #D1EC57

triadic

#ECBC57 #57ECBC #BC57EC

tetradic

#ECBC57 #57EC71 #5787EC #EC57D1

square

#ECBC57 #57EC71 #5787EC #EC57D1

split-complementary

#ECBC57 #57D1EC #7157EC

monochromatic

#B48114 #E6A620 #ECBC57 #F2D28E #F8E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ECBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#ECBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBC57

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBC57	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.130 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf8a',
    500: '#ecbc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbc57;
$custom-light: #f6cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.671,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81921,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBC57

secondary

#335DB4

accent

#4DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBC57

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

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