#ECBC59#ECBC59

#ECBC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.129 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBC59
RGB	rgb(236, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, 6.61, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 55.86, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% 0.0152 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.129 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3814, 54.5240, 17.1091)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBC59 #5989EC

analogous

#EC7259 #ECBC59 #D2EC59

triadic

#ECBC59 #59ECBC #BC59EC

tetradic

#ECBC59 #59EC72 #5989EC #EC59D2

square

#ECBC59 #59EC72 #5989EC #EC59D2

split-complementary

#ECBC59 #59D2EC #7259EC

monochromatic

#B68115 #E6A622 #ECBC59 #F2D290 #F9E8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#ECBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#ECBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBC59

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBC59	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.129 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf8b',
    500: '#ecbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbc59;
$custom-light: #f6cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81942,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBC59

secondary

#345EB5

accent

#4EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBC59

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

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