#ECAB51#ECAB51

#ECAB51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.130 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAB51
RGB	rgb(236, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, 15.07, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 56.51, 74.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0389 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.13 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6434, 47.5567, 14.2951)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAB51 #5192EC

analogous

#EC5E51 #ECAB51 #DFEC51

triadic

#ECAB51 #51ECAB #AB51EC

tetradic

#ECAB51 #51EC5E #5192EC #EC51DF

square

#ECAB51 #51EC5E #5192EC #EC51DF

split-complementary

#ECAB51 #51DFEC #5E51EC

monochromatic

#AF6E13 #E6901A #ECAB51 #F2C688 #F8E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#ECAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#ECAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAB51

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAB51	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.130 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c385',
    500: '#ecab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecab51;
$custom-light: #f6c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78611,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAB51

secondary

#B0C8E9

accent

#62DD09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAB51

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

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