#ECD97F#ECD97F

#ECD97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.113 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD97F
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 127)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -5.32, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 46.80, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0152 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.113 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2374, 68.9931, 30.0605)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD97F #7F92EC

analogous

#ECA27F #ECD97F #C8EC7F

triadic

#ECD97F #7FECD9 #D97FEC

tetradic

#ECD97F #7FECA2 #7F92EC #EC7FC8

square

#ECD97F #7FECA2 #7F92EC #EC7FC8

split-complementary

#ECD97F #7FC8EC #A27FEC

monochromatic

#D2B21F #E4C94A #ECD97F #F4E9B4 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#ECD97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD97F

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD97F	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.113 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a6',
    500: '#ecd97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd97f;
$custom-light: #f4e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88181,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD97F

secondary

#4A5FC6

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD97F

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

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