#ECAF57#ECAF57

#ECAF57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.127 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAF57
RGB	rgb(236, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 13.33, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 54.46, 75.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0346 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.127 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6455, 49.1848, 15.7885)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAF57 #5794EC

analogous

#EC6457 #ECAF57 #DFEC57

triadic

#ECAF57 #57ECAF #AF57EC

tetradic

#ECAF57 #57EC64 #5794EC #EC57DF

square

#ECAF57 #57EC64 #5794EC #EC57DF

split-complementary

#ECAF57 #57DFEC #6457EC

monochromatic

#B47314 #E69520 #ECAF57 #F2C98E #F8E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#ECAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#ECAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAF57

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAF57	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.127 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c689',
    500: '#ecaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecaf57;
$custom-light: #f6c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.436,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79428,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAF57

secondary

#B5CBEA

accent

#60DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAF57

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

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