#ECD17D#ECD17D

#ECD17D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.108 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD17D
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 125)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -1.42, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 44.95, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0041 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.108 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.0961, 64.9170, 28.7101)
Luminance	0.6491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD17D #7D98EC

analogous

#EC997D #ECD17D #D0EC7D

triadic

#ECD17D #7DECD1 #D17DEC

tetradic

#ECD17D #7DEC99 #7D98EC #EC7DD0

square

#ECD17D #7DEC99 #7D98EC #EC7DD0

split-complementary

#ECD17D #7DD0EC #997DEC

monochromatic

#D0A51E #E4BE48 #ECD17D #F4E4B2 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#ECD17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD17D

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD17D	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)

#E2CE76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.108 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea4',
    500: '#ecd17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd17d;
$custom-light: #f4dea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86545,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD17D

secondary

#4866C5

accent

#3FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD17D

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

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