#ECA162#ECA162
#ECA162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECA162 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 161, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 78%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 58.5%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.37, 21.50, 43.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.37, 48.67, 63.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.98% 0.0603 0.1032) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.98% 0.12 59.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5447, 44.2086, 17.4766) |
| Luminance | 0.4420 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.59
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.06
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.16
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.44
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.41
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECA162 #62ADEC
analogous
#EC6268 #ECA162 #ECE662
triadic
#ECA162 #62ECA1 #A162EC
tetradic
#ECA162 #68EC62 #62ADEC #E662EC
square
#ECA162 #68EC62 #62ADEC #E662EC
split-complementary
#ECA162 #62ECE6 #6268EC
monochromatic
#BD6317 #E5802B #ECA162 #F3C299 #F9E2CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#ECA162 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.84
#ECA162 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECA162
9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECA162 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECA162 | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.84 | 9.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A75C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B863
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9192
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eca162; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 161, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 59.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6bd90',
500: '#eca162',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eca162; $custom-light: #f6bd90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eca162",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 161,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.391,
"s": 78.409,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76976,
"c": 0.1195,
"h": 59.7
},
"luminance": 0.44204
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECA162
secondary
#BED7EC
accent
#7CDB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120D
muted
#86817D