#ECB351#ECB351

#ECB351 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.132 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB351
RGB	rgb(236, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 10.85, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 57.61, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% 0.0265 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.132 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2005, 50.6709, 14.8141)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB351 #518AEC

analogous

#EC6551 #ECB351 #D8EC51

triadic

#ECB351 #51ECB3 #B351EC

tetradic

#ECB351 #51EC65 #518AEC #EC51D8

square

#ECB351 #51EC65 #518AEC #EC51D8

split-complementary

#ECB351 #51D8EC #6551EC

monochromatic

#AF7613 #E69B1A #ECB351 #F2CB88 #F8E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#ECB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#ECB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB351

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB351	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.132 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c986',
    500: '#ecb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb351;
$custom-light: #f6c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.935,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80124,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB351

secondary

#3160B0

accent

#57DD09

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB351

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

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