#ECBA51#ECBA51

#ECBA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.134 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBA51
RGB	rgb(236, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 7.17, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 58.88, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0158 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.134 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6392, 53.5483, 15.2937)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBA51 #5183EC

analogous

#EC6D51 #ECBA51 #D1EC51

triadic

#ECBA51 #51ECBA #BA51EC

tetradic

#ECBA51 #51EC6D #5183EC #EC51D1

square

#ECBA51 #51EC6D #5183EC #EC51D1

split-complementary

#ECBA51 #51D1EC #6D51EC

monochromatic

#AF7D13 #E6A41A #ECBA51 #F2D088 #F8E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ECBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#ECBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBA51

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBA51	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.134 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ce86',
    500: '#ecba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecba51;
$custom-light: #f6ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81472,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBA51

secondary

#315AB0

accent

#4DDD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBA51

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

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