#ECC551#ECC551

#ECC551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC551
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 1.44, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 61.40, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0008 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.139 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0464, 58.3627, 16.0961)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC551 #5178EC

analogous

#EC7751 #ECC551 #C6EC51

triadic

#ECC551 #51ECC5 #C551EC

tetradic

#ECC551 #51EC77 #5178EC #EC51C6

square

#ECC551 #51EC77 #5178EC #EC51C6

split-complementary

#ECC551 #51C6EC #7751EC

monochromatic

#AF8813 #E6B31A #ECC551 #F2D788 #F8EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#ECC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC551

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC551	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d687',
    500: '#ecc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc551;
$custom-light: #f6d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.903,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8363,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC551

secondary

#3151B0

accent

#3EDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC551

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

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