#ECAC45#ECAC45

#ECAC45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.138 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAC45
RGB	rgb(236, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 70.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 13.90, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 61.53, 76.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0339 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.138 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4221, 47.7716, 12.1943)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAC45 #4585EC

analogous

#EC5945 #ECAC45 #D8EC45

triadic

#ECAC45 #45ECAC #AC45EC

tetradic

#ECAC45 #45EC59 #4585EC #EC45D8

square

#ECAC45 #45EC59 #4585EC #EC45D8

split-complementary

#ECAC45 #45D8EC #5945EC

monochromatic

#A66D11 #DD9117 #ECAC45 #F2C57D #F7DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ECAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#ECAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAC45

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAC45	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.138 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c47e',
    500: '#ecac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecac45;
$custom-light: #f7c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.006,
    "s": 81.463,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78684,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAC45

secondary

#A6BFE7

accent

#7DF830

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAC45

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

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