#ECD89B#ECD89B

#ECD89B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.081 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD89B
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 155)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 34.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -1.83, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 32.68, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0029 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.081 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0654, 69.3132, 40.9554)
Luminance	0.6931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD89B #9BAFEC

analogous

#ECB09B #ECD89B #D8EC9B

triadic

#ECD89B #9BECD8 #D89BEC

tetradic

#ECD89B #9BECB0 #9BAFEC #EC9BD8

square

#ECD89B #9BECB0 #9BAFEC #EC9BD8

split-complementary

#ECD89B #9BD8EC #B09BEC

monochromatic

#D8B034 #E2C468 #ECD89B #F6ECCE #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#ECD89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD89B

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD89B	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.081 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b9',
    500: '#ecd89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd89b;
$custom-light: #f3e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88441,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD89B

secondary

#637CC8

accent

#44D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD89B

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

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