Light orange
#ECB77B
#ECB77B 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.
#ECB77B shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ECB77B kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF5EA
- 100 FFE7CD
- 200 FDD09F
- 300 ECB77B
- 400 CA985F
- 500 AE7C41
- 600 916225
- 700 764A0A
- 800 5B3600
- 900 3F2400
- 950 261400
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff5ea; --color-orange-100: #ffe7cd; --color-orange-200: #fdd09f; --color-orange-300: #ecb77b; --color-orange-400: #ca985f; --color-orange-500: #ae7c41; --color-orange-600: #916225; --color-orange-700: #764a0a; --color-orange-800: #5b3600; --color-orange-900: #3f2400; --color-orange-950: #261400;}Is #ECB77B readable?
Contrast for text on #ECB77B and for #ECB77B 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: #9D6D30 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #ECB77B
Six palettes built around #ECB77B, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ECB77B · #C5B164 · #E27749 · #CEF7A4 · #312921
- Complementary#ECB77B · #4D9CEB · #54B3FF · #F3D4AD · #362B21
- Split complementary#ECB77B · #31A5BD · #9D9EFF · #FFD090 · #29241F
- Triadic#ECB77B · #00A9A2 · #E497FF · #FFE4C0 · #35281C
- Tetradic#ECB77B · #4EAC76 · #77B8FF · #FFC5E9 · #373026
- Monochromatic#ECB77B · #D98B3E · #E1923E · #FFE6CD · #362F27
#ECB77B as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ECB77B looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF5EA
- Brand 100, #FFE7CD
- Brand 200, #FDD09F
- Brand 300, #ECB77B
- Brand 400, #CA985F
- Brand 500, #AE7C41
- Brand 600, #916225
- Brand 700, #764A0A
- Brand 800, #5B3600
- Brand 900, #3F2400
- Brand 950, #261400
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
- Neutral 300, #D7D3CF
- Neutral 400, #A6A099
- Neutral 500, #79726B
- Neutral 600, #59534C
- Neutral 700, #453F39
- Neutral 800, #2C2722
- Neutral 900, #1C1712
- Neutral 950, #0D0905
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, #FFF5EA
- Warning 100, #FFE7CC
- Warning 200, #FFD098
- Warning 300, #EAA853
- Warning 400, #D49442
- Warning 500, #B77819
- Warning 600, #975F00
- Warning 700, #774A00
- Warning 800, #5A3700
- Warning 900, #3F2500
- Warning 950, #251400
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, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.0:1.
- 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 #ECB77B
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