#ECD685#ECD685

#ECD685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.104 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD685
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 133)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -3.21, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 42.80, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0085 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.104 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.8739, 67.6218, 31.9261)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD685 #859BEC

analogous

#ECA285 #ECD685 #CFEC85

triadic

#ECD685 #85ECD6 #D685EC

tetradic

#ECD685 #85ECA2 #859BEC #EC85CF

square

#ECD685 #85ECA2 #859BEC #EC85CF

split-complementary

#ECD685 #85CFEC #A285EC

monochromatic

#D5AF21 #E4C450 #ECD685 #F4E8BA #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#ECD685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD685

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD685	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.104 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2a9',
    500: '#ecd685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd685;
$custom-light: #f4e2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87667,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD685

secondary

#4F69C6

accent

#3AD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD685

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

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