#ECBE57#ECBE57

#ECBE57 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.131 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE57
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, 5.44, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 57.17, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% 0.0115 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.131 85)
XYZ	xyz(54.7287, 55.3513, 16.8162)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE57 #5785EC

analogous

#EC7457 #ECBE57 #CFEC57

triadic

#ECBE57 #57ECBE #BE57EC

tetradic

#ECBE57 #57EC74 #5785EC #EC57CF

square

#ECBE57 #57EC74 #5785EC #EC57CF

split-complementary

#ECBE57 #57CFEC #7457EC

monochromatic

#B48314 #E6A920 #ECBE57 #F2D38E #F8E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ECBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#ECBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE57

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE57	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)

#D3BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.131 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d18a',
    500: '#ecbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe57;
$custom-light: #f6d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.477,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82311,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.55348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE57

secondary

#335BB4

accent

#4ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE57

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

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