#ECA259#ECA259

#ECA259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.125 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA259
RGB	rgb(236, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 20.34, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 52.43, 67.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0556 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.125 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3188, 44.3989, 15.4216)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA259 #59A3EC

analogous

#EC5959 #ECA259 #ECEB59

triadic

#ECA259 #59ECA2 #A259EC

tetradic

#ECA259 #59EC59 #59A3EC #EB59EC

square

#ECA259 #59EC59 #59A3EC #EB59EC

split-complementary

#ECA259 #59ECEB #5959EC

monochromatic

#B66515 #E68322 #ECA259 #F2C190 #F9E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ECA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#ECA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA259

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA259	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.125 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bd8a',
    500: '#eca259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca259;
$custom-light: #f6bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.796,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7704,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA259

secondary

#B6D1EA

accent

#73DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA259

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

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