#ECC481#ECC481

#ECC481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.096 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC481
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, 5.70, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 39.29, 81.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0171 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.096 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2965, 58.9006, 29.0629)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC481 #81A9EC

analogous

#EC8F81 #ECC481 #DFEC81

triadic

#ECC481 #81ECC4 #C481EC

tetradic

#ECC481 #81EC8F #81A9EC #EC81DF

square

#ECC481 #81EC8F #81A9EC #EC81DF

split-complementary

#ECC481 #81DFEC #8F81EC

monochromatic

#D39020 #E4AB4C #ECC481 #F4DDB6 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#ECC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC481

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC481	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.096 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d5a6',
    500: '#ecc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc481;
$custom-light: #f4d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.57,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8404,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC481

secondary

#4B79C6

accent

#5AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC481

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

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