#ECD986#ECD986

#ECD986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.105 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD986
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -4.63, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 43.41, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0125 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.105 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.7096, 69.1820, 32.5471)
Luminance	0.6918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD986 #8699EC

analogous

#ECA686 #ECD986 #CCEC86

triadic

#ECD986 #86ECD9 #D986EC

tetradic

#ECD986 #86ECA6 #8699EC #EC86CC

square

#ECD986 #86ECA6 #8699EC #EC86CC

split-complementary

#ECD986 #86CCEC #A686EC

monochromatic

#D6B422 #E4C851 #ECD986 #F4EABB #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#ECD986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD986

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD986	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.105 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4aa',
    500: '#ecd986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd986;
$custom-light: #f4e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88286,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD986

secondary

#5066C6

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD986

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

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