#ECC581#ECC581

#ECC581 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.097 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC581
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, 5.17, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 39.53, 82.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% 0.0156 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.097 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5228, 59.3532, 29.1384)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC581 #81A8EC

analogous

#EC9081 #ECC581 #DEEC81

triadic

#ECC581 #81ECC5 #C581EC

tetradic

#ECC581 #81EC90 #81A8EC #EC81DE

square

#ECC581 #81EC90 #81A8EC #EC81DE

split-complementary

#ECC581 #81DEEC #9081EC

monochromatic

#D39220 #E4AD4C #ECC581 #F4DDB6 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#ECC581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC581

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC581	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)

#D6C57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.097 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d6a6',
    500: '#ecc581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc581;
$custom-light: #f4d6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.131,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84236,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC581

secondary

#4B78C6

accent

#58D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC581

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

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