#ECB451#ECB451

#ECB451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.132 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB451
RGB	rgb(236, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 10.32, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 57.78, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.025 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.132 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4017, 51.0732, 14.8811)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB451 #5189EC

analogous

#EC6751 #ECB451 #D6EC51

triadic

#ECB451 #51ECB4 #B451EC

tetradic

#ECB451 #51EC67 #5189EC #EC51D6

square

#ECB451 #51EC67 #5189EC #EC51D6

split-complementary

#ECB451 #51D6EC #6751EC

monochromatic

#AF7713 #E69C1A #ECB451 #F2CC88 #F8E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ECB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#ECB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB451

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB451	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.132 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca86',
    500: '#ecb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb451;
$custom-light: #f6ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80315,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB451

secondary

#315FB0

accent

#55DD09

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB451

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

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