#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
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 14.02, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 56.75, 75.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0358 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.131 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0241, 48.3180, 14.4219)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##ECAD51	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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