#ECAB3FYakitori (#ECAB3F) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 76°, lightness 0.78 and chroma 0.142. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #ECAB3F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 171, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(37, 82%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(37, 73%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28%, 73%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(74.4 14.1 62.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.784 0.142 76) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Yakitori shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f0a635 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward red#f2ab3b — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward red#ecab3f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ecac41 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Yakitori in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.01:1 and against black 10.46:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffefda · #ecab3f · #d2952b · #a67100 · #785000 · #4d3200
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#e6e58d · #e9c964 · #ecab3f · #e19148 · #d07953 · #ba665b
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ecab3f · #8da273 · #a47009 · #496b00 · #5c3c00 · #1e3100
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#edd9be · #ecab3f · #4786d8 · #6f501e · #4e3302 · #2b1a00
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eaf3ff · #ecab3f · #a79b8a · #595f67 · #302513 · #000104
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ebf2fd · #c2cad6 · #949eab · #1a2635 · #000512 · #ecab3f
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d3dbb6 · #ecab3f · #96af7c · #7034f0 · #2b3963 · #1b0620
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b4ddc9 · #ecab3f · #678e9e · #5b5cbf · #323b5a · #0e0f03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d2fbfb · #ecab3f · #1eb2b4 · #7d4093 · #3c074d · #000202
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d8fceb · #ecab3f · #4ab38d · #1d5dac · #4a0032 · #00051e
#F1B75F · #F5C37A · #F9CF92 · #FDDBAA · #FFE7C5
#C48A23 · #9E6B00 · #754E00 · #503400 · #2D1B00
#E2AF62 · #D7B27D · #CCB595
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.