#ECBE46#ECBE46

#ECBE46 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.143 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE46
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, 4.48, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 64.20, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% 0.0067 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.143 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1141, 55.1055, 13.5794)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE46 #4674EC

analogous

#EC6B46 #ECBE46 #C7EC46

triadic

#ECBE46 #46ECBE #BE46EC

tetradic

#ECBE46 #46EC6B #4674EC #EC46C7

square

#ECBE46 #46EC6B #4674EC #EC46C7

split-complementary

#ECBE46 #46C7EC #6B46EC

monochromatic

#A77D11 #DEA717 #ECBE46 #F2D17D #F7E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#ECBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#ECBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE46

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE46	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.143 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d180',
    500: '#ecbe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe46;
$custom-light: #f6d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.373,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82155,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE46

secondary

#2E50A8

accent

#67F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE46

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

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