#ECD981#ECD981

#ECD981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.111 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD981
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -5.13, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 45.83, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0144 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.111 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3691, 69.0458, 30.7538)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD981 #8194EC

analogous

#ECA481 #ECD981 #CAEC81

triadic

#ECD981 #81ECD9 #D981EC

tetradic

#ECD981 #81ECA4 #8194EC #EC81CA

square

#ECD981 #81ECA4 #8194EC #EC81CA

split-complementary

#ECD981 #81CAEC #A481EC

monochromatic

#D3B320 #E4C94C #ECD981 #F4E9B6 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#ECD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD981

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD981	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.111 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a7',
    500: '#ecd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd981;
$custom-light: #f4e4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8821,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD981

secondary

#4B61C6

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD981

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

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