#ECB951#ECB951

#ECB951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.133 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB951
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, 7.69, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 58.69, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% 0.0173 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.133 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4293, 53.1285, 15.2237)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB951 #5184EC

analogous

#EC6C51 #ECB951 #D2EC51

triadic

#ECB951 #51ECB9 #B951EC

tetradic

#ECB951 #51EC6C #5184EC #EC51D2

square

#ECB951 #51EC6C #5184EC #EC51D2

split-complementary

#ECB951 #51D2EC #6C51EC

monochromatic

#AF7C13 #E6A31A #ECB951 #F2CF88 #F8E5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ECB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#ECB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB951

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB951	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.133 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd86',
    500: '#ecb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb951;
$custom-light: #f6cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.258,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81278,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB951

secondary

#315BB0

accent

#4FDD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB951

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

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