#ECBF59#ECBF59

#ECBF59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBF59
RGB	rgb(236, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, 5.05, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 56.52, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% 0.0106 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.13 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0289, 55.8191, 17.3250)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBF59 #5986EC

analogous

#EC7559 #ECBF59 #CFEC59

triadic

#ECBF59 #59ECBF #BF59EC

tetradic

#ECBF59 #59EC75 #5986EC #EC59CF

square

#ECBF59 #59EC75 #5986EC #EC59CF

split-complementary

#ECBF59 #59CFEC #7559EC

monochromatic

#B68515 #E6AA22 #ECBF59 #F2D490 #F9E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#ECBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#ECBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBF59

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBF59	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d28b',
    500: '#ecbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbf59;
$custom-light: #f6d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82527,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBF59

secondary

#345BB5

accent

#4ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBF59

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

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