#ECD686#ECD686

#ECD686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.103 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD686
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 134)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -3.11, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 42.31, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0081 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.103 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.9433, 67.6495, 32.2917)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD686 #869CEC

analogous

#ECA386 #ECD686 #CFEC86

triadic

#ECD686 #86ECD6 #D686EC

tetradic

#ECD686 #86ECA3 #869CEC #EC86CF

square

#ECD686 #86ECA3 #869CEC #EC86CF

split-complementary

#ECD686 #86CFEC #A386EC

monochromatic

#D6AF22 #E4C451 #ECD686 #F4E8BB #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#ECD686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD686

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD686	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.103 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2aa',
    500: '#ecd686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd686;
$custom-light: #f4e2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87682,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD686

secondary

#5069C6

accent

#3BD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD686

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

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