#ECD797#ECD797

#ECD797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.085 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD797
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -1.79, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 34.30, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.003 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.085 92)
XYZ	xyz(64.4796, 68.6702, 39.1303)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD797 #97ACEC

analogous

#ECAC97 #ECD797 #D7EC97

triadic

#ECD797 #97ECD7 #D797EC

tetradic

#ECD797 #97ECAC #97ACEC #EC97D7

square

#ECD797 #97ECAC #97ACEC #EC97D7

split-complementary

#ECD797 #97D7EC #AC97EC

monochromatic

#D9AF30 #E3C363 #ECD797 #F5EBCB #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#ECD797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD797

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD797	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.085 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b6',
    500: '#ecd797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd797;
$custom-light: #f3e3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88168,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.68668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD797

secondary

#6079C8

accent

#43D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD797

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

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