#ECAD56#ECAD56

#ECAD56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.127 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD56
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 14.32, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 54.63, 74.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0374 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.127 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2185, 48.3958, 15.4460)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD56 #5695EC

analogous

#EC6256 #ECAD56 #E0EC56

triadic

#ECAD56 #56ECAD #AD56EC

tetradic

#ECAD56 #56EC62 #5695EC #EC56E0

square

#ECAD56 #56EC62 #5695EC #EC56E0

split-complementary

#ECAD56 #56E0EC #6256EC

monochromatic

#B37114 #E6921F #ECAD56 #F2C88D #F8E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#ECAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#ECAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD56

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD56	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.127 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c589',
    500: '#ecad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad56;
$custom-light: #f6c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD56

secondary

#B4CBEA

accent

#62DC09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD56

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

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