#eca300

Color #eca300

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Orange #ffa500 · ΔE 8.01 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#eca300

RGB

rgb(236, 163, 0)

HSL

hsl(41.4, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(41.4, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 100%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(72.25, 16.94, 76.1)

LCH

lch(72.25, 77.96, 77.45)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.1607, 76.61)

HWB

hwb(41.4, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0049ec

Analogous

#ec2d00

#eca300

#bfec00

Triadic

#eca300

#00eca3

#a300ec

Split-complementary

#eca300

#00bfec

#2d00ec

Tetradic

#eca300

#49ec00

#0049ec

#a300ec

Square

#eca300

#00ec2d

#0049ec

#ec00bf

Shades

Color #eca300 mixed toward black.

#c58800

#9d6d00

#765100

#4f3600

#271b00

Tints

Color #eca300 mixed toward white.

#ffb81b

#ffc648

#ffd576

#ffe3a4

#fff1d1

Tones

Color #eca300 mixed toward gray.

#d89b14

#c59427

#b18c3b

#9d854f

#8a7e62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d054 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#d4d95d · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#e96f74 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 28.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #eca300;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#eca300]

Related colors

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Goldenrod #daa520

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#eca300 (#eca300) is rgb(236, 163, 0) in RGB.

No, #eca300 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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