#ECBE51#ECBE51

#ECBE51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.136 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE51
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, 5.08, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 59.73, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% 0.0097 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.136 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4937, 55.2573, 15.5785)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE51 #517FEC

analogous

#EC7151 #ECBE51 #CCEC51

triadic

#ECBE51 #51ECBE #BE51EC

tetradic

#ECBE51 #51EC71 #517FEC #EC51CC

square

#ECBE51 #51EC71 #517FEC #EC51CC

split-complementary

#ECBE51 #51CCEC #7151EC

monochromatic

#AF8113 #E6A91A #ECBE51 #F2D388 #F8E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ECBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#ECBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE51

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE51	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.136 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d186',
    500: '#ecbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe51;
$custom-light: #f6d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82251,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE51

secondary

#3157B0

accent

#48DD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE51

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

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