#ECD97C#ECD97C

#ECD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.116 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD97C
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -5.59, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 48.24, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0162 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.116 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0448, 68.9161, 29.0461)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD97C #7C8FEC

analogous

#ECA17C #ECD97C #C7EC7C

triadic

#ECD97C #7CECD9 #D97CEC

tetradic

#ECD97C #7CECA1 #7C8FEC #EC7CC7

square

#ECD97C #7CECA1 #7C8FEC #EC7CC7

split-complementary

#ECD97C #7CC7EC #A17CEC

monochromatic

#D0B11E #E4C947 #ECD97C #F4E9B1 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#ECD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD97C

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD97C	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)

#E9D474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.116 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a4',
    500: '#ecd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd97c;
$custom-light: #f4e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88139,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD97C

secondary

#475CC5

accent

#31D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD97C

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

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