#ECD18D#ECD18D

#ECD18D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.091 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD18D
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 141)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, 0.19, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 37.17, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% 0.002 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.091 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.2018, 65.3593, 34.5333)
Luminance	0.6536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD18D #8DA8EC

analogous

#ECA28D #ECD18D #D8EC8D

triadic

#ECD18D #8DECD1 #D18DEC

tetradic

#ECD18D #8DECA2 #8DA8EC #EC8DD8

square

#ECD18D #8DECA2 #8DA8EC #EC8DD8

split-complementary

#ECD18D #8DD8EC #A28DEC

monochromatic

#DAA724 #E3BC59 #ECD18D #F5E6C1 #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#ECD18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD18D

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD18D	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.091 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dfaf',
    500: '#ecd18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd18d;
$custom-light: #f3dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.947,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86799,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD18D

secondary

#5676C7

accent

#49D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD18D

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

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