#ECA257#ECA257

#ECA257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.127 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA257
RGB	rgb(236, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 20.21, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 53.26, 67.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% 0.055 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.127 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2360, 44.3658, 14.9853)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA257 #57A1EC

analogous

#EC5757 #ECA257 #ECEC57

triadic

#ECA257 #57ECA2 #A257EC

tetradic

#ECA257 #57EC57 #57A1EC #EC57EC

square

#ECA257 #57EC57 #57A1EC #EC57EC

split-complementary

#ECA257 #57ECEC #5757EC

monochromatic

#B46514 #E68420 #ECA257 #F2C08E #F8DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ECA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#ECA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA257

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA257	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.127 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bd89',
    500: '#eca257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca257;
$custom-light: #f6bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.201,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77016,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA257

secondary

#B5CFEA

accent

#72DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA257

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

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