#ECAD66#ECAD66
#ECAD66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.115 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECAD66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 173, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 56.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.25, 15.44, 45.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.25, 47.69, 71.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.24% 0.0428 0.1068) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.24% 0.115 68.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.9368, 48.6831, 19.2291) |
| Luminance | 0.4868 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.48
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.72
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.91
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.26
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.57
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 6.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECAD66 #66A5EC
analogous
#EC6A66 #ECAD66 #E8EC66
triadic
#ECAD66 #66ECAD #AD66EC
tetradic
#ECAD66 #66EC6A #66A5EC #EC66E8
square
#ECAD66 #66EC6A #66A5EC #EC66E8
split-complementary
#ECAD66 #66E8EC #6A66EC
monochromatic
#C07118 #E59030 #ECAD66 #F3CA9C #FAE7D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#ECAD66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.74
#ECAD66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECAD66
10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECAD66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECAD66 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 10.74 | 10.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.96 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2B160
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BF67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9E9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecad66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.115 68.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6c593',
500: '#ecad66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecad66; $custom-light: #f6c593; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecad66",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 173,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.791,
"s": 77.907,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79238,
"c": 0.11501,
"h": 68.1
},
"luminance": 0.48679
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECAD66
secondary
#C1D6ED
accent
#6DDA0B
background
#FFFCF9
surface
#FFF8F1
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18120D
muted
#86817E