#ECAC55#ECAC55

#ECAC55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.128 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAC55
RGB	rgb(236, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 14.79, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 54.93, 74.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0386 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.128 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9875, 47.9977, 15.1716)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAC55 #5595EC

analogous

#EC6155 #ECAC55 #E0EC55

triadic

#ECAC55 #55ECAC #AC55EC

tetradic

#ECAC55 #55EC61 #5595EC #EC55E0

square

#ECAC55 #55EC61 #5595EC #EC55E0

split-complementary

#ECAC55 #55E0EC #6155EC

monochromatic

#B36F14 #E6911E #ECAC55 #F2C78C #F8E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#ECAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#ECAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAC55

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAC55	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.128 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c488',
    500: '#ecac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecac55;
$custom-light: #f6c488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.57,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78841,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAC55

secondary

#B3CAEA

accent

#63DC09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAC55

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

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