#ECD487#ECD487

#ECD487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.100 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD487
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -1.98, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 41.12, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0048 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.1 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.5104, 66.6715, 32.4931)
Luminance	0.6667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD487 #879FEC

analogous

#ECA287 #ECD487 #D1EC87

triadic

#ECD487 #87ECD4 #D487EC

tetradic

#ECD487 #87ECA2 #879FEC #EC87D1

square

#ECD487 #87ECA2 #879FEC #EC87D1

split-complementary

#ECD487 #87D1EC #A287EC

monochromatic

#D7AC22 #E4C152 #ECD487 #F4E7BC #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#ECD487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD487

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD487	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.100 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1ab',
    500: '#ecd487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd487;
$custom-light: #f4e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87298,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD487

secondary

#516DC6

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD487

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

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