#ECAB59#ECAB59

#ECAB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.125 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAB59
RGB	rgb(236, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 15.57, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 53.11, 72.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.0415 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.125 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9613, 47.6839, 15.9691)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAB59 #599AEC

analogous

#EC6159 #ECAB59 #E4EC59

triadic

#ECAB59 #59ECAB #AB59EC

tetradic

#ECAB59 #59EC61 #599AEC #EC59E4

square

#ECAB59 #59EC61 #599AEC #EC59E4

split-complementary

#ECAB59 #59E4EC #6159EC

monochromatic

#B66F15 #E68F22 #ECAB59 #F2C790 #F9E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ECAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#ECAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAB59

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAB59	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.125 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c48a',
    500: '#ecab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecab59;
$custom-light: #f6c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.469,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.787,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAB59

secondary

#B6CDEA

accent

#67DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAB59

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

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