#ECD281#ECD281

#ECD281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.105 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD281
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -1.55, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 43.35, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0041 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.105 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6029, 65.5135, 30.1651)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD281 #819BEC

analogous

#EC9D81 #ECD281 #D0EC81

triadic

#ECD281 #81ECD2 #D281EC

tetradic

#ECD281 #81EC9D #819BEC #EC81D0

square

#ECD281 #81EC9D #819BEC #EC81D0

split-complementary

#ECD281 #81D0EC #9D81EC

monochromatic

#D3A720 #E4BF4C #ECD281 #F4E5B6 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#ECD281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD281

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD281	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.105 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dfa7',
    500: '#ecd281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd281;
$custom-light: #f4dfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86805,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD281

secondary

#4B69C6

accent

#40D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD281

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

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