#ECAE59#ECAE59

#ECAE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.125 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAE59
RGB	rgb(236, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 13.98, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 53.46, 74.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% 0.0368 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.125 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5344, 48.8301, 16.1602)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAE59 #5997EC

analogous

#EC6459 #ECAE59 #E0EC59

triadic

#ECAE59 #59ECAE #AE59EC

tetradic

#ECAE59 #59EC64 #5997EC #EC59E0

square

#ECAE59 #59EC64 #5997EC #EC59E0

split-complementary

#ECAE59 #59E0EC #6459EC

monochromatic

#B67215 #E69322 #ECAE59 #F2C990 #F9E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#ECAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#ECAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAE59

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAE59	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.125 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c68b',
    500: '#ecae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecae59;
$custom-light: #f6c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.694,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79262,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAE59

secondary

#B6CCEA

accent

#62DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAE59

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

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