#ECD387#ECD387

#ECD387 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.099 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD387
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 135)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -1.47, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 40.77, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0033 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.099 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2612, 66.1731, 32.4100)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD387 #87A0EC

analogous

#ECA187 #ECD387 #D2EC87

triadic

#ECD387 #87ECD3 #D387EC

tetradic

#ECD387 #87ECA1 #87A0EC #EC87D2

square

#ECD387 #87ECA1 #87A0EC #EC87D2

split-complementary

#ECD387 #87D2EC #A187EC

monochromatic

#D7AA22 #E4C052 #ECD387 #F4E6BC #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#ECD387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD387

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD387	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.099 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e0ab',
    500: '#ecd387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd387;
$custom-light: #f4e0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87098,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD387

secondary

#516EC6

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD387

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

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