#ECAF49#ECAF49

#ECAF49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.136 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAF49
RGB	rgb(236, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 12.51, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 60.32, 78.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% 0.0303 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.136 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1279, 48.9777, 13.0629)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAF49 #4986EC

analogous

#EC5D49 #ECAF49 #D8EC49

triadic

#ECAF49 #49ECAF #AF49EC

tetradic

#ECAF49 #49EC5D #4986EC #EC49D8

square

#ECAF49 #49EC5D #4986EC #EC49D8

split-complementary

#ECAF49 #49D8EC #5D49EC

monochromatic

#A97012 #E09517 #ECAF49 #F2C780 #F8E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#ECAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#ECAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAF49

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAF49	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)

#C6B13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.136 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c681',
    500: '#ecaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecaf49;
$custom-light: #f7c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.546,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79286,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAF49

secondary

#A9C1E7

accent

#58DD08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAF49

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

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