#ECD87E#ECD87E

#ECD87E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.113 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD87E
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -4.90, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 46.91, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0141 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.113 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9156, 68.4533, 29.6333)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD87E #7E92EC

analogous

#ECA17E #ECD87E #C9EC7E

triadic

#ECD87E #7EECD8 #D87EEC

tetradic

#ECD87E #7EECA1 #7E92EC #EC7EC9

square

#ECD87E #7EECA1 #7E92EC #EC7EC9

split-complementary

#ECD87E #7EC9EC #A17EEC

monochromatic

#D1B01F #E4C849 #ECD87E #F4E8B3 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#ECD87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD87E

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD87E	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.113 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a5',
    500: '#ecd87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd87e;
$custom-light: #f4e3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87965,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD87E

secondary

#495FC5

accent

#33D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD87E

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

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