#ECAB49#ECAB49

#ECAB49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.136 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAB49
RGB	rgb(236, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, 14.63, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 59.81, 75.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0365 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.136 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3609, 47.4437, 12.8072)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAB49 #498AEC

analogous

#EC5949 #ECAB49 #DBEC49

triadic

#ECAB49 #49ECAB #AB49EC

tetradic

#ECAB49 #49EC59 #498AEC #EC49DB

square

#ECAB49 #49EC59 #498AEC #EC49DB

split-complementary

#ECAB49 #49DBEC #5949EC

monochromatic

#A96D12 #E09017 #ECAB49 #F2C580 #F8DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#ECAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#ECAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAB49

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAB49	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.136 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c380',
    500: '#ecab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecab49;
$custom-light: #f7c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.074,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78532,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAB49

secondary

#A9C2E7

accent

#5DDD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAB49

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

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