#ECD97D#ECD97D

#ECD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.115 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD97D
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -5.50, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 47.76, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0159 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.115 98)
XYZ	xyz(63.1084, 68.9415, 29.3808)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD97D #7D90EC

analogous

#ECA17D #ECD97D #C7EC7D

triadic

#ECD97D #7DECD9 #D97DEC

tetradic

#ECD97D #7DECA1 #7D90EC #EC7DC7

square

#ECD97D #7DECA1 #7D90EC #EC7DC7

split-complementary

#ECD97D #7DC7EC #A17DEC

monochromatic

#D0B21E #E4C948 #ECD97D #F4E9B2 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#ECD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD97D

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD97D	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.115 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a4',
    500: '#ecd97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd97d;
$custom-light: #f4e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88153,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.68939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD97D

secondary

#485DC5

accent

#31D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD97D

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

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