#ECD17E#ECD17E

#ECD17E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.107 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD17E
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 126)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -1.33, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 44.47, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0037 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.107 92)
XYZ	xyz(61.1603, 64.9427, 29.0482)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD17E #7E99EC

analogous

#EC9A7E #ECD17E #D0EC7E

triadic

#ECD17E #7EECD1 #D17EEC

tetradic

#ECD17E #7EEC9A #7E99EC #EC7ED0

square

#ECD17E #7EEC9A #7E99EC #EC7ED0

split-complementary

#ECD17E #7ED0EC #9A7EEC

monochromatic

#D1A51F #E4BE49 #ECD17E #F4E4B3 #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#ECD17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD17E

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD17E	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.107 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea5',
    500: '#ecd17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd17e;
$custom-light: #f4dea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8656,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.6494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD17E

secondary

#4967C5

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD17E

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

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