#ECA949#ECA949

#ECA949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.135 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA949
RGB	rgb(236, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, 15.69, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 59.59, 74.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0396 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.135 73)
XYZ	xyz(49.9860, 46.6939, 12.6822)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA949 #498CEC

analogous

#EC5749 #ECA949 #DEEC49

triadic

#ECA949 #49ECA9 #A949EC

tetradic

#ECA949 #49EC57 #498CEC #EC49DE

square

#ECA949 #49EC57 #498CEC #EC49DE

split-complementary

#ECA949 #49DEEC #5749EC

monochromatic

#A96B12 #E08E17 #ECA949 #F2C380 #F8DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#ECA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#ECA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA949

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA949	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.135 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c280',
    500: '#eca949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca949;
$custom-light: #f7c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.337,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78157,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.4669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA949

secondary

#A9C3E7

accent

#60DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA949

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

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