#ECD97E#ECD97E

#ECD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.114 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD97E
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -5.41, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 47.28, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0155 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.114 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.1726, 68.9672, 29.7190)
Luminance	0.6896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD97E #7E91EC

analogous

#ECA27E #ECD97E #C8EC7E

triadic

#ECD97E #7EECD9 #D97EEC

tetradic

#ECD97E #7EECA2 #7E91EC #EC7EC8

square

#ECD97E #7EECA2 #7E91EC #EC7EC8

split-complementary

#ECD97E #7EC8EC #A27EEC

monochromatic

#D1B21F #E4C949 #ECD97E #F4E9B3 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#ECD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD97E

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD97E	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)

#E9D577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.114 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a5',
    500: '#ecd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd97e;
$custom-light: #f4e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88167,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD97E

secondary

#495EC5

accent

#31D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD97E

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

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