#ECA959#ECA959

#ECA959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.125 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA959
RGB	rgb(236, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, 16.63, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 52.91, 71.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0446 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.125 69)
XYZ	xyz(50.5864, 46.9340, 15.8441)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA959 #599CEC

analogous

#EC5F59 #ECA959 #E5EC59

triadic

#ECA959 #59ECA9 #A959EC

tetradic

#ECA959 #59EC5F #599CEC #EC59E5

square

#ECA959 #59EC5F #599CEC #EC59E5

split-complementary

#ECA959 #59E5EC #5F59EC

monochromatic

#B66C15 #E68D22 #ECA959 #F2C590 #F9E2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#ECA959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#ECA959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA959

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA959	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.125 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c28a',
    500: '#eca959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca959;
$custom-light: #f6c28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.653,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78327,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.4693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA959

secondary

#B6CEEA

accent

#69DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA959

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

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