#ECC151#ECC151

#ECC151 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.137 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC151
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, 3.51, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 60.42, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% 0.0052 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.137 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1502, 56.5702, 15.7973)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC151 #517CEC

analogous

#EC7451 #ECC151 #C9EC51

triadic

#ECC151 #51ECC1 #C151EC

tetradic

#ECC151 #51EC74 #517CEC #EC51C9

square

#ECC151 #51EC74 #517CEC #EC51C9

split-complementary

#ECC151 #51C9EC #7451EC

monochromatic

#AF8413 #E6AD1A #ECC151 #F2D588 #F8E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#ECC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#ECC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC151

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC151	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.137 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d387',
    500: '#ecc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc151;
$custom-light: #f6d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8284,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC151

secondary

#3154B0

accent

#44DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC151

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

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