#ECC491#ECC491

#ECC491 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.080 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC491
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(34, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, 7.38, 30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 31.81, 76.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% 0.0233 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.08 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.4445, 59.3598, 35.1090)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC491 #91B9EC

analogous

#EC9691 #ECC491 #E7EC91

triadic

#ECC491 #91ECC4 #C491EC

tetradic

#ECC491 #91EC96 #91B9EC #EC91E7

square

#ECC491 #91EC96 #91B9EC #EC91E7

split-complementary

#ECC491 #91E7EC #9691EC

monochromatic

#DA8C29 #E3A85D #ECC491 #F5E0C5 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#ECC491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC491

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC491	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.080 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d5b1',
    500: '#ecc491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc491;
$custom-light: #f3d5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.626,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8432,
    "c": 0.08047,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC491

secondary

#5A8AC7

accent

#67D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC491

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

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