#ECAD61#ECAD61

#ECAD61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.119 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD61
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 15.07, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 49.87, 72.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.041 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.119 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6963, 48.5869, 17.9624)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD61 #61A0EC

analogous

#EC6861 #ECAD61 #E5EC61

triadic

#ECAD61 #61ECAD #AD61EC

tetradic

#ECAD61 #61EC68 #61A0EC #EC61E5

square

#ECAD61 #61EC68 #61A0EC #EC61E5

split-complementary

#ECAD61 #61E5EC #6861EC

monochromatic

#BC7117 #E5912A #ECAD61 #F3C998 #F9E6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ECAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#ECAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD61

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD61	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.119 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c590',
    500: '#ecad61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad61;
$custom-light: #f6c590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.806,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79172,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD61

secondary

#BDD2EC

accent

#69DB0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120D

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD61

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

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