#ECBD51#ECBD51

#ECBD51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.135 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBD51
RGB	rgb(236, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, 5.60, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 59.51, 84.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% 0.0112 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.135 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2779, 54.8256, 15.5065)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBD51 #5180EC

analogous

#EC6F51 #ECBD51 #CEEC51

triadic

#ECBD51 #51ECBD #BD51EC

tetradic

#ECBD51 #51EC6F #5180EC #EC51CE

square

#ECBD51 #51EC6F #5180EC #EC51CE

split-complementary

#ECBD51 #51CEEC #6F51EC

monochromatic

#AF8013 #E6A81A #ECBD51 #F2D288 #F8E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#ECBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#ECBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBD51

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBD51	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.135 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d086',
    500: '#ecbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbd51;
$custom-light: #f6d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82056,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBD51

secondary

#3158B0

accent

#49DD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBD51

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

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