#ECC451#ECC451

#ECC451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC451
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, 1.96, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 61.15, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% 0.0007 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.139 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8201, 57.9101, 16.0206)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC451 #5179EC

analogous

#EC7751 #ECC451 #C7EC51

triadic

#ECC451 #51ECC4 #C451EC

tetradic

#ECC451 #51EC77 #5179EC #EC51C7

square

#ECC451 #51EC77 #5179EC #EC51C7

split-complementary

#ECC451 #51C7EC #7751EC

monochromatic

#AF8713 #E6B11A #ECC451 #F2D788 #F8E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#ECC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC451

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC451	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d587',
    500: '#ecc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc451;
$custom-light: #f6d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83432,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC451

secondary

#3152B0

accent

#40DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC451

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

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