#ECA251#ECA251

#ECA251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.131 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECA251
RGB	rgb(236, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 19.84, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 55.75, 69.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% 0.053 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.131 66)
XYZ	xyz(49.0010, 44.2718, 13.7476)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECA251 #519BEC

analogous

#EC5551 #ECA251 #E8EC51

triadic

#ECA251 #51ECA2 #A251EC

tetradic

#ECA251 #51EC55 #519BEC #EC51E8

square

#ECA251 #51EC55 #519BEC #EC51E8

split-complementary

#ECA251 #51E8EC #5551EC

monochromatic

#AF6513 #E6851A #ECA251 #F2BF88 #F8DDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ECA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#ECA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECA251

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECA251	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eca251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.131 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bd85',
    500: '#eca251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eca251;
$custom-light: #f7bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eca251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.355,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76947,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.44268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECA251

secondary

#B0CBE9

accent

#6EDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECA251

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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