#ECA561#ECA561

#ECA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA561
RGB	rgb(236, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, 19.31, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 49.23, 66.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0536 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.119 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2080, 45.6102, 17.4663)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA561 #61A8EC

analogous

#EC6162 #ECA561 #ECEB61

triadic

#ECA561 #61ECA5 #A561EC

tetradic

#ECA561 #62EC61 #61A8EC #EB61EC

square

#ECA561 #62EC61 #61A8EC #EB61EC

split-complementary

#ECA561 #61ECEB #6162EC

monochromatic

#BC6817 #E5862A #ECA561 #F3C498 #F9E3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#ECA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#ECA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA561

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA561	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bf8f',
    500: '#eca561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca561;
$custom-light: #f6bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.353,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7769,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA561

secondary

#BDD5EC

accent

#75DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA561

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

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