#ECBB51#ECBB51

#ECBB51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.134 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBB51
RGB	rgb(236, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, 6.64, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 59.09, 83.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% 0.0143 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.134 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8506, 53.9711, 15.3641)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBB51 #5182EC

analogous

#EC6D51 #ECBB51 #D0EC51

triadic

#ECBB51 #51ECBB #BB51EC

tetradic

#ECBB51 #51EC6D #5182EC #EC51D0

square

#ECBB51 #51EC6D #5182EC #EC51D0

split-complementary

#ECBB51 #51D0EC #6D51EC

monochromatic

#AF7E13 #E6A51A #ECBB51 #F2D188 #F8E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ECBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#ECBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBB51

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBB51	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.134 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf86',
    500: '#ecbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbb51;
$custom-light: #f6cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.032,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81666,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBB51

secondary

#3159B0

accent

#4CDD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBB51

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

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