#ECC981#ECC981

#ECC981 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.099 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC981
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, 3.09, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 40.58, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% 0.0095 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.099 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4431, 61.1939, 29.4451)
Luminance	0.6119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC981 #81A4EC

analogous

#EC9481 #ECC981 #DAEC81

triadic

#ECC981 #81ECC9 #C981EC

tetradic

#ECC981 #81EC94 #81A4EC #EC81DA

square

#ECC981 #81EC94 #81A4EC #EC81DA

split-complementary

#ECC981 #81DAEC #9481EC

monochromatic

#D39820 #E4B24C #ECC981 #F4E0B6 #FBF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#ECC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC981

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC981	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC87B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.099 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9a6',
    500: '#ecc981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc981;
$custom-light: #f4d9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.374,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8502,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC981

secondary

#4B73C6

accent

#50D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC981

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

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