#ECBE4F#ECBE4F

#ECBE4F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.137 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE4F
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, 4.96, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 60.57, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% 0.0091 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.137 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4198, 55.2277, 15.1893)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE4F #4F7DEC

analogous

#EC704F #ECBE4F #CCEC4F

triadic

#ECBE4F #4FECBE #BE4FEC

tetradic

#ECBE4F #4FEC70 #4F7DEC #EC4FCC

square

#ECBE4F #4FEC70 #4F7DEC #EC4FCC

split-complementary

#ECBE4F #4FCCEC #704FEC

monochromatic

#AE8013 #E5A919 #ECBE4F #F2D286 #F8E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ECBE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#ECBE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE4F

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE4F	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.137 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d185',
    500: '#ecbe4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe4f;
$custom-light: #f6d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82232,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE4F

secondary

#3156AE

accent

#47DD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE4F

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

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