#ECAD59#ECAD59

#ECAD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.125 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD59
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 14.51, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 53.34, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% 0.0383 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.125 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3419, 48.4451, 16.0960)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD59 #5998EC

analogous

#EC6359 #ECAD59 #E1EC59

triadic

#ECAD59 #59ECAD #AD59EC

tetradic

#ECAD59 #59EC63 #5998EC #EC59E1

square

#ECAD59 #59EC63 #5998EC #EC59E1

split-complementary

#ECAD59 #59E1EC #6359EC

monochromatic

#B67115 #E69222 #ECAD59 #F2C890 #F9E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ECAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#ECAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD59

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD59	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.125 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c58a',
    500: '#ecad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad59;
$custom-light: #f6c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79074,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD59

secondary

#B6CDEA

accent

#64DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD59

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

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