#ECD587#ECD587

#ECD587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.101 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD587
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 135)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -2.49, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 41.47, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0062 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.101 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7611, 67.1730, 32.5767)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD587 #879EEC

analogous

#ECA387 #ECD587 #D0EC87

triadic

#ECD587 #87ECD5 #D587EC

tetradic

#ECD587 #87ECA3 #879EEC #EC87D0

square

#ECD587 #87ECA3 #879EEC #EC87D0

split-complementary

#ECD587 #87D0EC #A387EC

monochromatic

#D7AD22 #E4C352 #ECD587 #F4E7BC #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#ECD587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD587

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD587	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.101 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1ab',
    500: '#ecd587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd587;
$custom-light: #f4e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.337,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87498,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD587

secondary

#516CC6

accent

#3DD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD587

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

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