#ECBC51#ECBC51

#ECBC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBC51
RGB	rgb(236, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, 6.12, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 59.30, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% 0.0127 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.135 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0635, 54.3969, 15.4351)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBC51 #5181EC

analogous

#EC6E51 #ECBC51 #CFEC51

triadic

#ECBC51 #51ECBC #BC51EC

tetradic

#ECBC51 #51EC6E #5181EC #EC51CF

square

#ECBC51 #51EC6E #5181EC #EC51CF

split-complementary

#ECBC51 #51CFEC #6E51EC

monochromatic

#AF7F13 #E6A71A #ECBC51 #F2D188 #F8E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ECBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#ECBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBC51

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBC51	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf86',
    500: '#ecbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbc51;
$custom-light: #f6cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81861,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBC51

secondary

#3159B0

accent

#4ADD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBC51

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

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