#ECD17A#ECD17A

#ECD17A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.111 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD17A
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 122)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -1.70, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 46.39, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0052 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.111 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9074, 64.8415, 27.7160)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD17A #7A95EC

analogous

#EC987A #ECD17A #CEEC7A

triadic

#ECD17A #7AECD1 #D17AEC

tetradic

#ECD17A #7AEC98 #7A95EC #EC7ACE

square

#ECD17A #7AEC98 #7A95EC #EC7ACE

split-complementary

#ECD17A #7ACEEC #987AEC

monochromatic

#CEA41D #E4BE44 #ECD17A #F4E4B0 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#ECD17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD17A

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD17A	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.111 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea2',
    500: '#ecd17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd17a;
$custom-light: #f4dea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86502,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD17A

secondary

#4563C5

accent

#3ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD17A

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

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