#ECAE57#ECAE57

#ECAE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.126 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAE57
RGB	rgb(236, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, 13.85, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 54.32, 75.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0361 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.126 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4515, 48.7969, 15.7238)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAE57 #5795EC

analogous

#EC6357 #ECAE57 #DFEC57

triadic

#ECAE57 #57ECAE #AE57EC

tetradic

#ECAE57 #57EC63 #5795EC #EC57DF

square

#ECAE57 #57EC63 #5795EC #EC57DF

split-complementary

#ECAE57 #57DFEC #6357EC

monochromatic

#B47214 #E69320 #ECAE57 #F2C98E #F8E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#ECAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#ECAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAE57

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAE57	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)

#C4B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.126 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c689',
    500: '#ecae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecae57;
$custom-light: #f6c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.034,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79239,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAE57

secondary

#B5CBEA

accent

#61DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAE57

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

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