#ECD97B#ECD97B

#ECD97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.117 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD97B
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 123)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -5.69, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 48.71, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0166 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.117 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9819, 68.8909, 28.7147)
Luminance	0.6889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD97B #7B8EEC

analogous

#ECA17B #ECD97B #C6EC7B

triadic

#ECD97B #7BECD9 #D97BEC

tetradic

#ECD97B #7BECA1 #7B8EEC #EC7BC6

square

#ECD97B #7BECA1 #7B8EEC #EC7BC6

split-complementary

#ECD97B #7BC6EC #A17BEC

monochromatic

#CFB11E #E4CA46 #ECD97B #F4E8B0 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#ECD97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD97B

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD97B	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.117 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a3',
    500: '#ecd97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd97b;
$custom-light: #f4e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88125,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD97B

secondary

#465BC5

accent

#30D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD97B

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

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