#ECA178#ECA178

#ECA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.105 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA178
RGB	rgb(236, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(21, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 23.33, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 40.06, 54.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0686 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.105 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7298, 44.6826, 23.7184)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA178 #78C3EC

analogous

#EC7889 #ECA178 #ECDB78

triadic

#ECA178 #78ECA1 #A178EC

tetradic

#ECA178 #89EC78 #78C3EC #DB78EC

square

#ECA178 #89EC78 #78C3EC #DB78EC

split-complementary

#ECA178 #78ECDB #7889EC

monochromatic

#CD5B1D #E47C42 #ECA178 #F4C6AE #FBECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ECA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#ECA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA178

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA178	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.105 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd9f',
    500: '#eca178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca178;
$custom-light: #f5bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.207,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77322,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA178

secondary

#D0E5F0

accent

#90D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA178

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

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