#ECAD51#ECAD51

#ECAD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.131 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ECAD51
RGBrgb(236, 173, 81)
HSLhsl(36, 80%, 62%)
HSVhsv(36, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.7%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.03, 14.02, 54.99)
CIE-LCHlch(75.03, 56.75, 75.70°)
OKLaboklab(78.99% 0.0358 0.1255)
OKLCHoklch(78.99% 0.131 74.1)
XYZxyz(51.0241, 48.3180, 14.4219)
Luminance0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ECAD51 #5190EC
analogous
#EC6051 #ECAD51 #DDEC51
triadic
#ECAD51 #51ECAD #AD51EC
tetradic
#ECAD51 #51EC60 #5190EC #EC51DD
square
#ECAD51 #51EC60 #5190EC #EC51DD
split-complementary
#ECAD51 #51DDEC #6051EC
monochromatic
#AF7013 #E6931A #ECAD51 #F2C788 #F8E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#ECAD51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66
#ECAD51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD51
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ECAD51#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ECAD511.001.9710.6610.66
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6621.001.001.00
##00000010.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B047
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BF54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9D99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ecad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.131 74.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c585',
    500: '#ecad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ecad51;
$custom-light: #f6c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ecad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.613,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78986,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ECAD51
secondary
#B0C7E9
accent
#5FDD09
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8EF
border
#D7D1CA
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD51

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#ECAD51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva