Light orange
#ECB592
#ECB592 is a light orange with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ECB592 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ECB592 kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF4EE
- 100 FFE6D6
- 200 FDCEB1
- 300 ECB592
- 400 CA9675
- 500 AE7A59
- 600 916040
- 700 76492A
- 800 5C3418
- 900 432108
- 950 2A1000
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff4ee; --color-orange-100: #ffe6d6; --color-orange-200: #fdceb1; --color-orange-300: #ecb592; --color-orange-400: #ca9675; --color-orange-500: #ae7a59; --color-orange-600: #916040; --color-orange-700: #76492a; --color-orange-800: #5c3418; --color-orange-900: #432108; --color-orange-950: #2a1000;}Is #ECB592 readable?
Contrast for text on #ECB592 and for #ECB592 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9E6B4B · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #ECB592
Six palettes built around #ECB592, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ECB592 · #D2AC4E · #FF767D · #CAE8AD · #292019
- Complementary#ECB592 · #00A9DF · #30BCF0 · #FFE4D5 · #3A2B21
- Split complementary#ECB592 · #379EA7 · #85AEFF · #FFD8BA · #281D17
- Triadic#ECB592 · #3BB7A4 · #B1A8FF · #FFE1D2 · #322720
- Tetradic#ECB592 · #7BAE76 · #3AB2FF · #FCC7FF · #38271F
- Monochromatic#ECB592 · #D2814B · #E07A00 · #FFDCC3 · #2F2319
#ECB592 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ECB592 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF4EE
- Brand 100, #FFE6D6
- Brand 200, #FDCEB1
- Brand 300, #ECB592
- Brand 400, #CA9675
- Brand 500, #AE7A59
- Brand 600, #916040
- Brand 700, #76492A
- Brand 800, #5C3418
- Brand 900, #432108
- Brand 950, #2A1000
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F6F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E2
- Neutral 300, #D8D3D0
- Neutral 400, #A79F9A
- Neutral 500, #7A716C
- Neutral 600, #5A524D
- Neutral 700, #463F3A
- Neutral 800, #2D2622
- Neutral 900, #1C1613
- Neutral 950, #0E0906
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #ECA756
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.9:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #ECB592
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.