#ECD87C#ECD87C

#ECD87C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.115 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD87C
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 124)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -5.09, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 47.87, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0148 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.115 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7879, 68.4022, 28.9604)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD87C #7C90EC

analogous

#ECA07C #ECD87C #C8EC7C

triadic

#ECD87C #7CECD8 #D87CEC

tetradic

#ECD87C #7CECA0 #7C90EC #EC7CC8

square

#ECD87C #7CECA0 #7C90EC #EC7CC8

split-complementary

#ECD87C #7CC8EC #A07CEC

monochromatic

#D0B01E #E4C847 #ECD87C #F4E8B1 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#ECD87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD87C

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD87C	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.115 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a3',
    500: '#ecd87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd87c;
$custom-light: #f4e3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87937,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD87C

secondary

#475DC5

accent

#32D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD87C

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

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