#ECAE4F#ECAE4F

#ECAE4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.132 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAE4F
RGB	rgb(236, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 13.37, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 57.72, 76.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0336 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.132 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1426, 48.6734, 14.0969)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAE4F #4F8DEC

analogous

#EC604F #ECAE4F #DBEC4F

triadic

#ECAE4F #4FECAE #AE4FEC

tetradic

#ECAE4F #4FEC60 #4F8DEC #EC4FDB

square

#ECAE4F #4FEC60 #4F8DEC #EC4FDB

split-complementary

#ECAE4F #4FDBEC #604FEC

monochromatic

#AE7113 #E59419 #ECAE4F #F2C786 #F8E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ECAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#ECAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAE4F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAE4F	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.132 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c684',
    500: '#ecae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecae4f;
$custom-light: #f6c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.306,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAE4F

secondary

#AEC5E8

accent

#5CDD09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAE4F

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

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