#ECD489#ECD489

#ECD489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.098 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD489
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -1.78, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 40.14, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.004 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.098 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6525, 66.7283, 33.2417)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD489 #89A1EC

analogous

#ECA289 #ECD489 #D2EC89

triadic

#ECD489 #89ECD4 #D489EC

tetradic

#ECD489 #89ECA2 #89A1EC #EC89D2

square

#ECD489 #89ECA2 #89A1EC #EC89D2

split-complementary

#ECD489 #89D2EC #A289EC

monochromatic

#D8AC23 #E4C154 #ECD489 #F4E7BE #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#ECD489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD489

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD489	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.098 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1ac',
    500: '#ecd489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd489;
$custom-light: #f4e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8733,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD489

secondary

#536FC6

accent

#40D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD489

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

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