#ECA957#ECA957

#ECA957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.126 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA957
RGB	rgb(236, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, 16.50, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 53.76, 72.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% 0.0439 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.126 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5035, 46.9009, 15.4078)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA957 #579AEC

analogous

#EC5E57 #ECA957 #E4EC57

triadic

#ECA957 #57ECA9 #A957EC

tetradic

#ECA957 #57EC5E #579AEC #EC57E4

square

#ECA957 #57EC5E #579AEC #EC57E4

split-complementary

#ECA957 #57E4EC #5E57EC

monochromatic

#B46C14 #E68D20 #ECA957 #F2C58E #F8E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#ECA957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#ECA957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA957

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA957	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.126 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c289',
    500: '#eca957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca957;
$custom-light: #f6c289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.02,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78304,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA957

secondary

#B5CDEA

accent

#68DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA957

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

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