#ECD17C#ECD17C

#ECD17C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.109 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD17C
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 124)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -1.51, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 45.43, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0044 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.109 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0326, 64.8916, 28.3753)
Luminance	0.6489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD17C #7C97EC

analogous

#EC997C #ECD17C #CFEC7C

triadic

#ECD17C #7CECD1 #D17CEC

tetradic

#ECD17C #7CEC99 #7C97EC #EC7CCF

square

#ECD17C #7CEC99 #7C97EC #EC7CCF

split-complementary

#ECD17C #7CCFEC #997CEC

monochromatic

#D0A51E #E4BE47 #ECD17C #F4E4B1 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#ECD17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD17C

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD17C	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.109 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea3',
    500: '#ecd17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd17c;
$custom-light: #f4dea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8653,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD17C

secondary

#4765C5

accent

#3FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD17C

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

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