#ECC281#ECC281

#ECC281 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.095 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC281
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 6.74, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 38.83, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% 0.0202 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.095 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.8484, 58.0044, 28.9136)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC281 #81ABEC

analogous

#EC8D81 #ECC281 #E0EC81

triadic

#ECC281 #81ECC2 #C281EC

tetradic

#ECC281 #81EC8D #81ABEC #EC81E0

square

#ECC281 #81EC8D #81ABEC #EC81E0

split-complementary

#ECC281 #81E0EC #8D81EC

monochromatic

#D38D20 #E4A84C #ECC281 #F4DCB6 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#ECC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC281

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC281	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.095 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d4a6',
    500: '#ecc281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc281;
$custom-light: #f4d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.449,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83651,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC281

secondary

#4B7BC6

accent

#5DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC281

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

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