#ECAC59#ECAC59

#ECAC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.125 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAC59
RGB	rgb(236, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 15.04, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 53.22, 73.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0399 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.125 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1509, 48.0631, 16.0323)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAC59 #5999EC

analogous

#EC6259 #ECAC59 #E2EC59

triadic

#ECAC59 #59ECAC #AC59EC

tetradic

#ECAC59 #59EC62 #5999EC #EC59E2

square

#ECAC59 #59EC62 #5999EC #EC59E2

split-complementary

#ECAC59 #59E2EC #6259EC

monochromatic

#B67015 #E69122 #ECAC59 #F2C790 #F9E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#ECAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#ECAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAC59

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAC59	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)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.125 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c48a',
    500: '#ecac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecac59;
$custom-light: #f6c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.878,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78887,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAC59

secondary

#B6CDEA

accent

#65DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAC59

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

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