#ECB551#ECB551

#ECB551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.132 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB551
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 9.79, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 57.95, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0234 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.132 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6043, 51.4784, 14.9487)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB551 #5188EC

analogous

#EC6851 #ECB551 #D5EC51

triadic

#ECB551 #51ECB5 #B551EC

tetradic

#ECB551 #51EC68 #5188EC #EC51D5

square

#ECB551 #51EC68 #5188EC #EC51D5

split-complementary

#ECB551 #51D5EC #6851EC

monochromatic

#AF7813 #E69E1A #ECB551 #F2CC88 #F8E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#ECB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB551

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB551	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.132 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb86',
    500: '#ecb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb551;
$custom-light: #f6cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80507,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB551

secondary

#315EB0

accent

#54DD09

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB551

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

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