#ECD18A#ECD18A

#ECD18A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.095 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD18A
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 138)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -0.13, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 38.64, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% 0.0009 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.095 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9816, 65.2712, 33.3735)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD18A #8AA5EC

analogous

#ECA08A #ECD18A #D6EC8A

triadic

#ECD18A #8AECD1 #D18AEC

tetradic

#ECD18A #8AECA0 #8AA5EC #EC8AD6

square

#ECD18A #8AECA0 #8AA5EC #EC8AD6

split-complementary

#ECD18A #8AD6EC #A08AEC

monochromatic

#D8A623 #E3BC55 #ECD18A #F5E6BF #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#ECD18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD18A

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD18A	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D68C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.095 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dead',
    500: '#ecd18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd18a;
$custom-light: #f4dead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.469,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86748,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD18A

secondary

#5473C7

accent

#47D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD18A

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

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