#ECAE56#ECAE56

#ECAE56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.127 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAE56
RGB	rgb(236, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 13.79, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 54.75, 75.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0358 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.127 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4110, 48.7807, 15.5102)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAE56 #5694EC

analogous

#EC6356 #ECAE56 #DFEC56

triadic

#ECAE56 #56ECAE #AE56EC

tetradic

#ECAE56 #56EC63 #5694EC #EC56DF

square

#ECAE56 #56EC63 #5694EC #EC56DF

split-complementary

#ECAE56 #56DFEC #6356EC

monochromatic

#B37214 #E6941F #ECAE56 #F2C88D #F8E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#ECAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#ECAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAE56

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAE56	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.127 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c689',
    500: '#ecae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecae56;
$custom-light: #f6c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79228,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAE56

secondary

#B4CAEA

accent

#60DC09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAE56

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

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