#ECBD42#ECBD42

#ECBD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.145 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBD42
RGB	rgb(236, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 72%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, 4.82, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 65.53, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% 0.0072 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.145 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7762, 54.6250, 12.8645)
Luminance	0.5462 (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

#ECBD42 #4271EC

analogous

#EC6842 #ECBD42 #C6EC42

triadic

#ECBD42 #42ECBD #BD42EC

tetradic

#ECBD42 #42EC68 #4271EC #EC42C6

square

#ECBD42 #42EC68 #4271EC #EC42C6

split-complementary

#ECBD42 #42C6EC #6842EC

monochromatic

#A37B10 #DBA416 #ECBD42 #F2D07A #F7E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#ECBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#ECBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBD42

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBD42	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.145 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d07e',
    500: '#ecbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbd42;
$custom-light: #f7d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.412,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81927,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBD42

secondary

#2D4EA5

accent

#67F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBD42

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

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