#ECC181#ECC181

#ECC181 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.095 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC181
RGB	rgb(236, 193, 129)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 7.26, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 38.62, 79.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% 0.0217 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.095 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6266, 57.5608, 28.8396)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC181 #81ACEC

analogous

#EC8C81 #ECC181 #E2EC81

triadic

#ECC181 #81ECC1 #C181EC

tetradic

#ECC181 #81EC8C #81ACEC #EC81E2

square

#ECC181 #81EC8C #81ACEC #EC81E2

split-complementary

#ECC181 #81E2EC #8C81EC

monochromatic

#D38B20 #E4A74C #ECC181 #F4DBB6 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#ECC181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#ECC181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC181

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC181	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 193, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.095 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d3a6',
    500: '#ecc181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc181;
$custom-light: #f4d3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.888,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83457,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC181

secondary

#4B7DC6

accent

#5FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC181

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

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