#ECAA59#ECAA59

#ECAA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAA59
RGB	rgb(236, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 16.10, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 53.01, 72.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.043 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.125 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7731, 47.3075, 15.9064)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAA59 #599BEC

analogous

#EC6059 #ECAA59 #E4EC59

triadic

#ECAA59 #59ECAA #AA59EC

tetradic

#ECAA59 #59EC60 #599BEC #EC59E4

square

#ECAA59 #59EC60 #599BEC #EC59E4

split-complementary

#ECAA59 #59E4EC #6059EC

monochromatic

#B66E15 #E68E22 #ECAA59 #F2C690 #F9E2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#ECAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#ECAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAA59

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAA59	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c38a',
    500: '#ecaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecaa59;
$custom-light: #f6c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78513,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAA59

secondary

#B6CEEA

accent

#68DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAA59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →