#ecba2e

Color #ecba2e

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 8.2 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ecba2e

RGB

rgb(236, 186, 46)

HSL

hsl(44.2, 83.3%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(44.2, 80.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 80.5%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(77.96, 5.61, 71.56)

LCH

lch(77.96, 71.78, 85.52)

OKLCH

oklch(81.2%, 0.1544, 87.25)

HWB

hwb(44.2, 18%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2e60ec

Analogous

#ec5b2e

#ecba2e

#bfec2e

Triadic

#ecba2e

#2eecba

#ba2eec

Split-complementary

#ecba2e

#2ebfec

#5b2eec

Tetradic

#ecba2e

#60ec2e

#2e60ec

#ba2eec

Square

#ecba2e

#2eec5b

#2e60ec

#ec2ebf

Shades

Color #ecba2e mixed toward black.

#d7a414

#ac8310

#81620c

#564208

#2b2104

Tints

Color #ecba2e mixed toward white.

#efc551

#f2d174

#f5dc97

#f9e8b9

#fcf3dc

Tones

Color #ecba2e mixed toward gray.

#dcb23e

#ccab4e

#bca35e

#ad9c6d

#9d957d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d868 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#dbdf71 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#ea8388 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ecba2e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ecba2e]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Frequently asked questions

#ecba2e (#ecba2e) is rgb(236, 186, 46) in RGB.

No, #ecba2e 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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