#ECD985#ECD985

#ECD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.107 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD985
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -4.73, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 43.90, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0129 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.107 97)
XYZ	xyz(63.6402, 69.1542, 32.1816)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD985 #8598EC

analogous

#ECA685 #ECD985 #CCEC85

triadic

#ECD985 #85ECD9 #D985EC

tetradic

#ECD985 #85ECA6 #8598EC #EC85CC

square

#ECD985 #85ECA6 #8598EC #EC85CC

split-complementary

#ECD985 #85CCEC #A685EC

monochromatic

#D5B421 #E4C950 #ECD985 #F4E9BA #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#ECD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD985

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD985	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.107 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4aa',
    500: '#ecd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd985;
$custom-light: #f4e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8827,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.69152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD985

secondary

#4F65C6

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD985

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

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