#ECC051#ECC051

#ECC051 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.136 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC051
RGB	rgb(236, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, 4.03, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 60.18, 86.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% 0.0067 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.136 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9299, 56.1296, 15.7239)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC051 #517DEC

analogous

#EC7351 #ECC051 #CAEC51

triadic

#ECC051 #51ECC0 #C051EC

tetradic

#ECC051 #51EC73 #517DEC #EC51CA

square

#ECC051 #51EC73 #517DEC #EC51CA

split-complementary

#ECC051 #51CAEC #7351EC

monochromatic

#AF8313 #E6AC1A #ECC051 #F2D488 #F8E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ECC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#ECC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC051

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC051	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.136 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d287',
    500: '#ecc051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc051;
$custom-light: #f6d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.968,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82643,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC051

secondary

#3155B0

accent

#45DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC051

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

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