#ECD987#ECD987

#ECD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.104 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD987
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -4.53, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 42.92, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0122 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.104 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7797, 69.2100, 32.9162)
Luminance	0.6921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD987 #879AEC

analogous

#ECA687 #ECD987 #CCEC87

triadic

#ECD987 #87ECD9 #D987EC

tetradic

#ECD987 #87ECA6 #879AEC #EC87CC

square

#ECD987 #87ECA6 #879AEC #EC87CC

split-complementary

#ECD987 #87CCEC #A687EC

monochromatic

#D7B522 #E4C852 #ECD987 #F4EABC #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#ECD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD987

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD987	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	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)

#E8D581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.104 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4ab',
    500: '#ecd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd987;
$custom-light: #f4e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.713,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88301,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD987

secondary

#5167C6

accent

#36D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD987

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

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