#ECAD49#ECAD49

#ECAD49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.136 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD49
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, 13.57, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 60.05, 76.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0334 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.136 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7416, 48.2050, 12.9341)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD49 #4988EC

analogous

#EC5B49 #ECAD49 #D9EC49

triadic

#ECAD49 #49ECAD #AD49EC

tetradic

#ECAD49 #49EC5B #4988EC #EC49D9

square

#ECAD49 #49EC5B #4988EC #EC49D9

split-complementary

#ECAD49 #49D9EC #5B49EC

monochromatic

#A96E12 #E09317 #ECAD49 #F2C680 #F8DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#ECAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#ECAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD49

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD49	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.136 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c580',
    500: '#ecad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad49;
$custom-light: #f7c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.81,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD49

secondary

#A9C1E7

accent

#5BDD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD49

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

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