#ECAD4E#ECAD4E

#ECAD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD4E
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 13.84, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 58.00, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0349 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.133 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9140, 48.2740, 13.8425)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD4E #4E8DEC

analogous

#EC5E4E #ECAD4E #DCEC4E

triadic

#ECAD4E #4EECAD #AD4EEC

tetradic

#ECAD4E #4EEC5E #4E8DEC #EC4EDC

square

#ECAD4E #4EEC5E #4E8DEC #EC4EDC

split-complementary

#ECAD4E #4EDCEC #5E4EEC

monochromatic

#AD6F13 #E49319 #ECAD4E #F2C785 #F8E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#ECAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#ECAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD4E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD4E	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)

#C4B043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c583',
    500: '#ecad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad4e;
$custom-light: #f7c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.076,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78956,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD4E

secondary

#AEC5E8

accent

#5DDD09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD4E

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

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