#ECD68F#ECD68F

#ECD68F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.093 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD68F
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 143)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -2.17, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 37.90, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0047 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.093 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5980, 67.9114, 35.7394)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD68F #8FA5EC

analogous

#ECA88F #ECD68F #D4EC8F

triadic

#ECD68F #8FECD6 #D68FEC

tetradic

#ECD68F #8FECA8 #8FA5EC #EC8FD4

square

#ECD68F #8FECA8 #8FA5EC #EC8FD4

split-complementary

#ECD68F #8FD4EC #A88FEC

monochromatic

#DAB026 #E3C35B #ECD68F #F5E9C3 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD68F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#ECD68F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD68F

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD68F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD68F	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)

#E4D38A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd68f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.093 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2b0',
    500: '#ecd68f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd68f;
$custom-light: #f3e2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd68f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.806,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87829,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD68F

secondary

#5872C7

accent

#40D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD68F

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

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