#ECA201#ECA201

#ECA201 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.161 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA201
RGB	rgb(236, 162, 1)
HSL	hsl(41, 99%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 100%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 99.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 17.47, 75.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 77.81, 77.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0388 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.161 76)
XYZ	xyz(47.5217, 43.6801, 5.9571)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA201 #014BEC

analogous

#EC2C01 #ECA201 #C1EC01

triadic

#ECA201 #01ECA2 #A201EC

tetradic

#ECA201 #01EC2C #014BEC #EC01C1

square

#ECA201 #01EC2C #014BEC #EC01C1

split-complementary

#ECA201 #01C1EC #2C01EC

monochromatic

#724E00 #AF7801 #ECA201 #FEBC2C #FECF69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#ECA201 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#ECA201 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA201

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA201	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA201	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB812

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca201;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 162, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.161 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9bd63',
    500: '#eca201',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca201;
$custom-light: #f9bd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca201",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.106,
    "s": 99.156,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76513,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA201

secondary

#668DE3

accent

#6CFF29

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EB

border

#D7D0C6

text

#191206

muted

#87817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA201

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

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