#ECAC57#ECAC57

#ECAC57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAC57
RGB	rgb(236, 172, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 14.91, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 54.08, 73.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% 0.0393 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.126 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0680, 48.0299, 15.5960)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAC57 #5797EC

analogous

#EC6157 #ECAC57 #E2EC57

triadic

#ECAC57 #57ECAC #AC57EC

tetradic

#ECAC57 #57EC61 #5797EC #EC57E2

square

#ECAC57 #57EC61 #5797EC #EC57E2

split-complementary

#ECAC57 #57E2EC #6157EC

monochromatic

#B47014 #E69120 #ECAC57 #F2C78E #F8E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#ECAC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#ECAC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAC57

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAC57	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecac57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 172, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c489',
    500: '#ecac57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecac57;
$custom-light: #f6c489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecac57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.228,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78864,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAC57

secondary

#B5CCEA

accent

#64DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAC57

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

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