#ECD591#ECD591

#ECD591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.090 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD591
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -1.44, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 36.56, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0024 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.09 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.4985, 67.4679, 36.4604)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD591 #91A8EC

analogous

#ECA891 #ECD591 #D6EC91

triadic

#ECD591 #91ECD5 #D591EC

tetradic

#ECD591 #91ECA8 #91A8EC #EC91D6

square

#ECD591 #91ECA8 #91A8EC #EC91D6

split-complementary

#ECD591 #91D6EC #A891EC

monochromatic

#DAAD29 #E3C15D #ECD591 #F5E9C5 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#ECD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD591

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD591	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.090 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b2',
    500: '#ecd591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd591;
$custom-light: #f3e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.835,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87663,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD591

secondary

#5A76C7

accent

#43D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD591

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

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