#ECAD45#ECAD45

#ECAD45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.138 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD45
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 70.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 13.37, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 61.66, 77.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0323 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.138 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6132, 48.1536, 12.2580)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD45 #4584EC

analogous

#EC5945 #ECAD45 #D8EC45

triadic

#ECAD45 #45ECAD #AD45EC

tetradic

#ECAD45 #45EC59 #4584EC #EC45D8

square

#ECAD45 #45EC59 #4584EC #EC45D8

split-complementary

#ECAD45 #45D8EC #5945EC

monochromatic

#A66E11 #DD9217 #ECAD45 #F2C57D #F7DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#ECAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#ECAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD45

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD45	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.138 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c57e',
    500: '#ecad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad45;
$custom-light: #f7c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.365,
    "s": 81.463,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78872,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD45

secondary

#A6BEE7

accent

#7BF830

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD45

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

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