#ECBE61#ECBE61

#ECBE61 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE61
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, 6.11, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 52.75, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% 0.0147 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.123 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1659, 55.5262, 19.1189)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE61 #618FEC

analogous

#EC7861 #ECBE61 #D4EC61

triadic

#ECBE61 #61ECBE #BE61EC

tetradic

#ECBE61 #61EC78 #618FEC #EC61D4

square

#ECBE61 #61EC78 #618FEC #EC61D4

split-complementary

#ECBE61 #61D4EC #7861EC

monochromatic

#BC8517 #E5A82A #ECBE61 #F3D498 #F9EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#ECBE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#ECBE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE61

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE61	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEAFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d191',
    500: '#ecbe61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe61;
$custom-light: #f5d191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82422,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE61

secondary

#3662BB

accent

#50DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE61

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

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