#ECBD49#ECBD49

#ECBD49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBD49
RGB	rgb(236, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, 5.16, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 62.80, 85.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% 0.009 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.141 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9954, 54.7126, 14.0187)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBD49 #4978EC

analogous

#EC6B49 #ECBD49 #CAEC49

triadic

#ECBD49 #49ECBD #BD49EC

tetradic

#ECBD49 #49EC6B #4978EC #EC49CA

square

#ECBD49 #49EC6B #4978EC #EC49CA

split-complementary

#ECBD49 #49CAEC #6B49EC

monochromatic

#A97D12 #E0A617 #ECBD49 #F2D180 #F8E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#ECBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#ECBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBD49

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBD49	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d082',
    500: '#ecbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbd49;
$custom-light: #f6d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.699,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81983,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBD49

secondary

#2F53AA

accent

#46DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBD49

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

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