#ECAE61#ECAE61

#ECAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.119 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAE61
RGB	rgb(236, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 14.54, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 49.98, 73.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0395 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.119 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8888, 48.9718, 18.0265)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAE61 #619FEC

analogous

#EC6861 #ECAE61 #E5EC61

triadic

#ECAE61 #61ECAE #AE61EC

tetradic

#ECAE61 #61EC68 #619FEC #EC61E5

square

#ECAE61 #61EC68 #619FEC #EC61E5

split-complementary

#ECAE61 #61E5EC #6861EC

monochromatic

#BC7217 #E5922A #ECAE61 #F3CA98 #F9E6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#ECAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#ECAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAE61

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAE61	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.119 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c690',
    500: '#ecae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecae61;
$custom-light: #f6c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.237,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79359,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAE61

secondary

#BDD2EC

accent

#68DB0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130D

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAE61

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

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