#ECD691#ECD691

#ECD691 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.091 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD691
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 145)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -1.95, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 36.91, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.0039 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.091 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.7508, 67.9725, 36.5445)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD691 #91A7EC

analogous

#ECA991 #ECD691 #D4EC91

triadic

#ECD691 #91ECD6 #D691EC

tetradic

#ECD691 #91ECA9 #91A7EC #EC91D4

square

#ECD691 #91ECA9 #91A7EC #EC91D4

split-complementary

#ECD691 #91D4EC #A991EC

monochromatic

#DAAF29 #E3C35D #ECD691 #F5E9C5 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD691 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#ECD691 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD691

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD691	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD691	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D38C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd691;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.091 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e2b2',
    500: '#ecd691',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd691;
$custom-light: #f3e2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd691",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.495,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87863,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD691

secondary

#5A74C7

accent

#41D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD691

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

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