#ECD899#ECD899

#ECD899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.084 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD899
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -2.07, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 33.67, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0037 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.084 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.8988, 69.2465, 40.0781)
Luminance	0.6925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD899 #99ADEC

analogous

#ECAF99 #ECD899 #D7EC99

triadic

#ECD899 #99ECD8 #D899EC

tetradic

#ECD899 #99ECAF #99ADEC #EC99D7

square

#ECD899 #99ECAF #99ADEC #EC99D7

split-complementary

#ECD899 #99D7EC #AF99EC

monochromatic

#D9B132 #E2C465 #ECD899 #F6ECCD #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#ECD899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD899

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD899	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.084 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b7',
    500: '#ecd899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd899;
$custom-light: #f3e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88404,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD899

secondary

#627AC8

accent

#42D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD899

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

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