#ECAE49#ECAE49

#ECAE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.136 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAE49
RGB	rgb(236, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 13.04, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 60.19, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.0319 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.136 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9340, 48.5899, 12.9982)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAE49 #4987EC

analogous

#EC5C49 #ECAE49 #D8EC49

triadic

#ECAE49 #49ECAE #AE49EC

tetradic

#ECAE49 #49EC5C #4987EC #EC49D8

square

#ECAE49 #49EC5C #4987EC #EC49D8

split-complementary

#ECAE49 #49D8EC #5C49EC

monochromatic

#A96F12 #E09417 #ECAE49 #F2C780 #F8DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ECAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#ECAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAE49

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAE49	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)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.136 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c680',
    500: '#ecae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecae49;
$custom-light: #f7c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.178,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79097,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAE49

secondary

#A9C1E7

accent

#59DD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAE49

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

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