#ECC251#ECC251

#ECC251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.137 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC251
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 2.99, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 60.66, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% 0.0037 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.137 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3720, 57.0139, 15.8712)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC251 #517BEC

analogous

#EC7551 #ECC251 #C9EC51

triadic

#ECC251 #51ECC2 #C251EC

tetradic

#ECC251 #51EC75 #517BEC #EC51C9

square

#ECC251 #51EC75 #517BEC #EC51C9

split-complementary

#ECC251 #51C9EC #7551EC

monochromatic

#AF8513 #E6AF1A #ECC251 #F2D588 #F8E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#ECC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC251

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC251	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.137 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d487',
    500: '#ecc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc251;
$custom-light: #f6d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.742,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83037,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC251

secondary

#3154B0

accent

#42DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC251

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

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