#ECB281#ECB281

#ECB281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.093 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB281
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(27, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 15.17, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 36.50, 65.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0451 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.093 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4772, 51.2621, 27.7898)
Luminance	0.5126 (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

#ECB281 #81BBEC

analogous

#EC8186 #ECB281 #ECE881

triadic

#ECB281 #81ECB2 #B281EC

tetradic

#ECB281 #86EC81 #81BBEC #E881EC

square

#ECB281 #86EC81 #81BBEC #E881EC

split-complementary

#ECB281 #81ECE8 #8186EC

monochromatic

#D37220 #E4924C #ECB281 #F4D3B6 #FBEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ECB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#ECB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB281

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB281	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.093 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c9a6',
    500: '#ecb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb281;
$custom-light: #f4c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.477,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80598,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB281

secondary

#4B8EC6

accent

#7BD610

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F6

border

#D7D2D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB281

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

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