#ECAF56#ECAF56

#ECAF56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.127 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAF56
RGB	rgb(236, 175, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 13.26, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 54.89, 76.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% 0.0343 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.127 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6049, 49.1685, 15.5748)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAF56 #5693EC

analogous

#EC6456 #ECAF56 #DEEC56

triadic

#ECAF56 #56ECAF #AF56EC

tetradic

#ECAF56 #56EC64 #5693EC #EC56DE

square

#ECAF56 #56EC64 #5693EC #EC56DE

split-complementary

#ECAF56 #56DEEC #6456EC

monochromatic

#B37314 #E6951F #ECAF56 #F2C98D #F8E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#ECAF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#ECAF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAF56

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAF56	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecaf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 175, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.127 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c689',
    500: '#ecaf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecaf56;
$custom-light: #f6c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecaf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAF56

secondary

#B4CAEA

accent

#5FDC09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAF56

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

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