#ECAE5C#ECAE5C
#ECAE5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECAE5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 174, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 61%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.38, 14.18, 50.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.38, 52.16, 74.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.3% 0.0378 0.1167) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.3% 0.123 72.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.6629, 48.8815, 16.8372) |
| Luminance | 0.4888 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.05
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.52
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.21
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.25
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.42
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECAE5C #5C9AEC
analogous
#EC665C #ECAE5C #E2EC5C
triadic
#ECAE5C #5CECAE #AE5CEC
tetradic
#ECAE5C #5CEC66 #5C9AEC #EC5CE2
square
#ECAE5C #5CEC66 #5C9AEC #EC5CE2
split-complementary
#ECAE5C #5CE2EC #665CEC
monochromatic
#B87215 #E69325 #ECAE5C #F2C993 #F9E4CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.95
#ECAE5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.78
#ECAE5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECAE5C
10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECAE5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECAE5C | 1.00 | 1.95 | 10.78 | 10.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.95 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B154
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3C05E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9E9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecae5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 72.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6c68c',
500: '#ecae5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecae5c; $custom-light: #f6c68c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecae5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 174,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 34.167,
"s": 79.121,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79297,
"c": 0.12268,
"h": 72.1
},
"luminance": 0.48878
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECAE5C
secondary
#B9CEEB
accent
#64DB0A
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18130C
muted
#86827D