#ECD97A#ECD97A

#ECD97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.118 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD97A
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -5.78, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 49.19, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.017 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.118 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9196, 68.8660, 28.3867)
Luminance	0.6886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD97A #7A8DEC

analogous

#ECA07A #ECD97A #C6EC7A

triadic

#ECD97A #7AECD9 #D97AEC

tetradic

#ECD97A #7AECA0 #7A8DEC #EC7AC6

square

#ECD97A #7AECA0 #7A8DEC #EC7AC6

split-complementary

#ECD97A #7AC6EC #A07AEC

monochromatic

#CEB11D #E4CA44 #ECD97A #F4E8B0 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#ECD97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD97A

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD97A	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.118 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a2',
    500: '#ecd97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd97a;
$custom-light: #f4e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88111,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD97A

secondary

#455AC5

accent

#30D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD97A

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

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