#ECD581#ECD581

#ECD581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.107 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD581
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -3.09, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 44.38, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0085 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.107 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.3505, 67.0087, 30.4143)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD581 #8198EC

analogous

#ECA081 #ECD581 #CEEC81

triadic

#ECD581 #81ECD5 #D581EC

tetradic

#ECD581 #81ECA0 #8198EC #EC81CE

square

#ECD581 #81ECA0 #8198EC #EC81CE

split-complementary

#ECD581 #81CEEC #A081EC

monochromatic

#D3AC20 #E4C34C #ECD581 #F4E7B6 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#ECD581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD581

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD581	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.107 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a7',
    500: '#ecd581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd581;
$custom-light: #f4e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87405,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD581

secondary

#4B66C6

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD581

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

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