#ECD798#ECD798

#ECD798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.084 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD798
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 152)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 35.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -1.67, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 33.81, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0026 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.084 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5612, 68.7028, 39.5598)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD798 #98ADEC

analogous

#ECAD98 #ECD798 #D7EC98

triadic

#ECD798 #98ECD7 #D798EC

tetradic

#ECD798 #98ECAD #98ADEC #EC98D7

square

#ECD798 #98ECAD #98ADEC #EC98D7

split-complementary

#ECD798 #98D7EC #AD98EC

monochromatic

#D9AF31 #E2C364 #ECD798 #F6EBCC #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#ECD798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD798

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD798	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.084 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b7',
    500: '#ecd798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd798;
$custom-light: #f3e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.852,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88186,
    "c": 0.0839,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD798

secondary

#617AC8

accent

#44D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD798

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

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