#ECAE5E#ECAE5E
#ECAE5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.121 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECAE5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 174, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 60.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.40, 14.32, 49.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.40, 51.29, 73.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.32% 0.0385 0.1149) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.32% 0.121 71.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.7515, 48.9169, 17.3037) |
| Luminance | 0.4891 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.26
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.54
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.91
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.22
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.28
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECAE5E #5E9CEC
analogous
#EC675E #ECAE5E #E3EC5E
triadic
#ECAE5E #5EECAE #AE5EEC
tetradic
#ECAE5E #5EEC67 #5E9CEC #EC5EE3
square
#ECAE5E #5EEC67 #5E9CEC #EC5EE3
split-complementary
#ECAE5E #5EE3EC #675EEC
monochromatic
#BA7216 #E69227 #ECAE5E #F2CA95 #F9E5CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.95
#ECAE5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.78
#ECAE5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECAE5E
10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECAE5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECAE5E | 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)
#C4B156
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2C060
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9F9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecae5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.121 71.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6c68e',
500: '#ecae5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecae5e; $custom-light: #f6c68e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecae5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 174,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.803,
"s": 78.889,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79322,
"c": 0.12118,
"h": 71.5
},
"luminance": 0.48913
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECAE5E
secondary
#BBD0EB
accent
#66DB0A
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18130C
muted
#86827D