#ECD18B#ECD18B

#ECD18B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.094 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD18B
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 139)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -0.03, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 38.15, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% 0.0013 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.094 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.0543, 65.3003, 33.7566)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD18B #8BA6EC

analogous

#ECA08B #ECD18B #D6EC8B

triadic

#ECD18B #8BECD1 #D18BEC

tetradic

#ECD18B #8BECA0 #8BA6EC #EC8BD6

square

#ECD18B #8BECA0 #8BA6EC #EC8BD6

split-complementary

#ECD18B #8BD6EC #A08BEC

monochromatic

#D9A724 #E3BC56 #ECD18B #F5E6C0 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#ECD18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD18B

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD18B	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.094 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dead',
    500: '#ecd18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd18b;
$custom-light: #f4dead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.299,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86765,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD18B

secondary

#5574C7

accent

#48D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD18B

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

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