#ECD491#ECD491

#ECD491 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.089 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD491
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 145)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -0.92, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 36.21, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0009 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.089 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2478, 66.9664, 36.3768)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD491 #91A9EC

analogous

#ECA791 #ECD491 #D7EC91

triadic

#ECD491 #91ECD4 #D491EC

tetradic

#ECD491 #91ECA7 #91A9EC #EC91D7

square

#ECD491 #91ECA7 #91A9EC #EC91D7

split-complementary

#ECD491 #91D7EC #A791EC

monochromatic

#DAAB29 #E3C05D #ECD491 #F5E8C5 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#ECD491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD491

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD491	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.089 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b2',
    500: '#ecd491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd491;
$custom-light: #f3e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.176,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87464,
    "c": 0.0893,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD491

secondary

#5A77C7

accent

#45D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD491

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

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