#ECBE56#ECBE56

#ECBE56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.132 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE56
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, 5.38, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 57.60, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% 0.0112 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.132 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6882, 55.3351, 16.6026)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE56 #5684EC

analogous

#EC7356 #ECBE56 #CFEC56

triadic

#ECBE56 #56ECBE #BE56EC

tetradic

#ECBE56 #56EC73 #5684EC #EC56CF

square

#ECBE56 #56EC73 #5684EC #EC56CF

split-complementary

#ECBE56 #56CFEC #7356EC

monochromatic

#B38314 #E6A91F #ECBE56 #F2D38D #F8E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ECBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#ECBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE56

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE56	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.132 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d18a',
    500: '#ecbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe56;
$custom-light: #f6d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82301,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE56

secondary

#335AB3

accent

#4ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE56

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

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