#ECD17B#ECD17B

#ECD17B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.110 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD17B
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 123)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -1.61, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 45.91, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0048 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.11 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9697, 64.8664, 28.0440)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD17B #7B96EC

analogous

#EC997B #ECD17B #CEEC7B

triadic

#ECD17B #7BECD1 #D17BEC

tetradic

#ECD17B #7BEC99 #7B96EC #EC7BCE

square

#ECD17B #7BEC99 #7B96EC #EC7BCE

split-complementary

#ECD17B #7BCEEC #997BEC

monochromatic

#CFA51E #E4BE46 #ECD17B #F4E4B0 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#ECD17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD17B

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD17B	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)

#E2CE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.110 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea3',
    500: '#ecd17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd17b;
$custom-light: #f4dea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86516,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD17B

secondary

#4664C5

accent

#3ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD17B

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

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