#ECD897#ECD897

#ECD897 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.086 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD897
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -2.30, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 34.66, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0045 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.086 93)
XYZ	xyz(64.7350, 69.1810, 39.2154)
Luminance	0.6918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD897 #97ABEC

analogous

#ECAD97 #ECD897 #D5EC97

triadic

#ECD897 #97ECD8 #D897EC

tetradic

#ECD897 #97ECAD #97ABEC #EC97D5

square

#ECD897 #97ECAD #97ABEC #EC97D5

split-complementary

#ECD897 #97D5EC #AD97EC

monochromatic

#D9B130 #E3C563 #ECD897 #F5EBCB #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#ECD897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD897

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD897	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.086 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b6',
    500: '#ecd897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd897;
$custom-light: #f3e3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88368,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.69179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD897

secondary

#6078C8

accent

#41D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD897

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

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