#ECD68E#ECD68E

#ECD68E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.094 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD68E
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 142)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -2.27, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 38.39, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.005 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.094 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5226, 67.8812, 35.3422)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD68E #8EA4EC

analogous

#ECA78E #ECD68E #D3EC8E

triadic

#ECD68E #8EECD6 #D68EEC

tetradic

#ECD68E #8EECA7 #8EA4EC #EC8ED3

square

#ECD68E #8EECA7 #8EA4EC #EC8ED3

split-complementary

#ECD68E #8ED3EC #A78EEC

monochromatic

#DAB025 #E3C35A #ECD68E #F5E9C2 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#ECD68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD68E

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD68E	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.094 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2b0',
    500: '#ecd68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd68e;
$custom-light: #f3e2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87812,
    "c": 0.09422,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD68E

secondary

#5771C7

accent

#3FD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD68E

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

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