#ECAC49#ECAC49

#ECAC49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.136 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAC49
RGB	rgb(236, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 14.10, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 59.93, 76.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.035 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.136 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5505, 47.8229, 12.8704)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAC49 #4989EC

analogous

#EC5A49 #ECAC49 #DAEC49

triadic

#ECAC49 #49ECAC #AC49EC

tetradic

#ECAC49 #49EC5A #4989EC #EC49DA

square

#ECAC49 #49EC5A #4989EC #EC49DA

split-complementary

#ECAC49 #49DAEC #5A49EC

monochromatic

#A96E12 #E09117 #ECAC49 #F2C580 #F8DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ECAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#ECAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAC49

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAC49	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.136 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c480',
    500: '#ecac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecac49;
$custom-light: #f7c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.442,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7872,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAC49

secondary

#A9C2E7

accent

#5CDD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAC49

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

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