#ECBE55#ECBE55

#ECBE55 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.133 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE55
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, 5.31, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 58.03, 84.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% 0.0109 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.133 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6482, 55.3191, 16.3919)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE55 #5583EC

analogous

#EC7255 #ECBE55 #CEEC55

triadic

#ECBE55 #55ECBE #BE55EC

tetradic

#ECBE55 #55EC72 #5583EC #EC55CE

square

#ECBE55 #55EC72 #5583EC #EC55CE

split-complementary

#ECBE55 #55CEEC #7255EC

monochromatic

#B38214 #E6A91E #ECBE55 #F2D38C #F8E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ECBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#ECBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE55

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE55	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d189',
    500: '#ecbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe55;
$custom-light: #f6d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8229,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE55

secondary

#335AB3

accent

#4ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE55

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

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