#ECD38E#ECD38E

#ECD38E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.092 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD38E
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 142)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(44, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -0.74, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 37.35, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0006 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.092 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7703, 66.3767, 35.0915)
Luminance	0.6637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD38E #8EA7EC

analogous

#ECA48E #ECD38E #D6EC8E

triadic

#ECD38E #8EECD3 #D38EEC

tetradic

#ECD38E #8EECA4 #8EA7EC #EC8ED6

square

#ECD38E #8EECA4 #8EA7EC #EC8ED6

split-complementary

#ECD38E #8ED6EC #A48EEC

monochromatic

#DAAA25 #E3BF5A #ECD38E #F5E7C2 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#ECD38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD38E

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD38E	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.092 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e0b0',
    500: '#ecd38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd38e;
$custom-light: #f3e0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.043,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87213,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD38E

secondary

#5775C7

accent

#46D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD38E

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

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