#ECB981#ECB981

#ECB981 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.093 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB981
RGB	rgb(236, 185, 129)
HSL	hsl(31, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(31, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, 11.47, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 37.21, 72.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% 0.0341 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.093 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9057, 54.1190, 28.2660)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB981 #81B4EC

analogous

#EC8481 #ECB981 #E9EC81

triadic

#ECB981 #81ECB9 #B981EC

tetradic

#ECB981 #81EC84 #81B4EC #EC81E9

square

#ECB981 #81EC84 #81B4EC #EC81E9

split-complementary

#ECB981 #81E9EC #8481EC

monochromatic

#D37D20 #E49B4C #ECB981 #F4D7B6 #FBF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ECB981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#ECB981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB981

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB981	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABB7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 185, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.093 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cea6',
    500: '#ecb981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb981;
$custom-light: #f4cea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8192,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB981

secondary

#4B86C6

accent

#6ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF6

border

#D7D3D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB981

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

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