#ECAE46#ECAE46

#ECAE46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.138 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAE46
RGB	rgb(236, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 70.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 12.89, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 61.39, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% 0.031 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.138 77)
XYZ	xyz(50.8370, 48.5511, 12.4870)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAE46 #4684EC

analogous

#EC5B46 #ECAE46 #D7EC46

triadic

#ECAE46 #46ECAE #AE46EC

tetradic

#ECAE46 #46EC5B #4684EC #EC46D7

square

#ECAE46 #46EC5B #4684EC #EC46D7

split-complementary

#ECAE46 #46D7EC #5B46EC

monochromatic

#A76F11 #DE9417 #ECAE46 #F2C67D #F7DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ECAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#ECAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAE46

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAE46	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.138 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c67f',
    500: '#ecae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecae46;
$custom-light: #f7c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.59,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7907,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAE46

secondary

#A7BFE7

accent

#7BF830

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAE46

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

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