#ECD889#ECD889

#ECD889 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.101 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD889
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 137)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -3.82, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 41.57, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0099 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.101 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6648, 68.7530, 33.5791)
Luminance	0.6875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD889 #899DEC

analogous

#ECA689 #ECD889 #CEEC89

triadic

#ECD889 #89ECD8 #D889EC

tetradic

#ECD889 #89ECA6 #899DEC #EC89CE

square

#ECD889 #89ECA6 #899DEC #EC89CE

split-complementary

#ECD889 #89CEEC #A689EC

monochromatic

#D8B323 #E4C754 #ECD889 #F4E9BE #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#ECD889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD889

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD889	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.101 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3ac',
    500: '#ecd889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd889;
$custom-light: #f4e3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88131,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD889

secondary

#536AC6

accent

#39D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD889

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

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