#ECA261#ECA261

#ECA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA261
RGB	rgb(236, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 20.90, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 49.11, 64.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0584 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.12 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6732, 44.5407, 17.2880)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA261 #61ABEC

analogous

#EC6165 #ECA261 #ECE861

triadic

#ECA261 #61ECA2 #A261EC

tetradic

#ECA261 #65EC61 #61ABEC #E861EC

square

#ECA261 #65EC61 #61ABEC #E861EC

split-complementary

#ECA261 #61ECE8 #6165EC

monochromatic

#BC6417 #E5822A #ECA261 #F3C298 #F9E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#ECA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#ECA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA261

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA261	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bd8f',
    500: '#eca261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca261;
$custom-light: #f6bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.058,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA261

secondary

#BDD6EC

accent

#79DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA261

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

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