#ECAD4D#ECAD4D

#ECAD4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.133 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD4D
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 13.79, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 58.42, 76.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.0346 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.133 75)
XYZ	xyz(50.8785, 48.2598, 13.6551)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD4D #4D8CEC

analogous

#EC5E4D #ECAD4D #DCEC4D

triadic

#ECAD4D #4DECAD #AD4DEC

tetradic

#ECAD4D #4DEC5E #4D8CEC #EC4DDC

square

#ECAD4D #4DEC5E #4D8CEC #EC4DDC

split-complementary

#ECAD4D #4DDCEC #5E4DEC

monochromatic

#AC6F12 #E49318 #ECAD4D #F2C684 #F8E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#ECAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#ECAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD4D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD4D	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.133 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c583',
    500: '#ecad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad4d;
$custom-light: #f7c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78946,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.48256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD4D

secondary

#ADC4E8

accent

#5DDD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD4D

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

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