#ECBD56#ECBD56

#ECBD56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.131 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBD56
RGB	rgb(236, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, 5.90, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 57.38, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% 0.0127 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.131 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4723, 54.9034, 16.5306)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBD56 #5685EC

analogous

#EC7256 #ECBD56 #D0EC56

triadic

#ECBD56 #56ECBD #BD56EC

tetradic

#ECBD56 #56EC72 #5685EC #EC56D0

square

#ECBD56 #56EC72 #5685EC #EC56D0

split-complementary

#ECBD56 #56D0EC #7256EC

monochromatic

#B38214 #E6A81F #ECBD56 #F2D28D #F8E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#ECBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#ECBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBD56

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBD56	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.131 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d089',
    500: '#ecbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbd56;
$custom-light: #f6d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82105,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBD56

secondary

#335BB3

accent

#4BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBD56

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

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