#ECD181#ECD181

#ECD181 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.104 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD181
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -1.04, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 43.02, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0026 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.104 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3568, 65.0213, 30.0830)
Luminance	0.6502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD181 #819CEC

analogous

#EC9C81 #ECD181 #D2EC81

triadic

#ECD181 #81ECD1 #D181EC

tetradic

#ECD181 #81EC9C #819CEC #EC81D2

square

#ECD181 #81EC9C #819CEC #EC81D2

split-complementary

#ECD181 #81D2EC #9C81EC

monochromatic

#D3A620 #E4BE4C #ECD181 #F4E4B6 #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#ECD181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD181

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD181	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.104 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea7',
    500: '#ecd181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd181;
$custom-light: #f4dea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.86,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86605,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD181

secondary

#4B6AC6

accent

#42D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD181

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

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