#ECD989#ECD989

#ECD989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.102 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD989
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 137)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -4.33, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 41.94, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0114 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.102 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.9218, 69.2669, 33.6648)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD989 #899CEC

analogous

#ECA789 #ECD989 #CDEC89

triadic

#ECD989 #89ECD9 #D989EC

tetradic

#ECD989 #89ECA7 #899CEC #EC89CD

square

#ECD989 #89ECA7 #899CEC #EC89CD

split-complementary

#ECD989 #89CDEC #A789EC

monochromatic

#D8B523 #E4C854 #ECD989 #F4EABE #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#ECD989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD989

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD989	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.102 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4ac',
    500: '#ecd989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd989;
$custom-light: #f4e4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88332,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD989

secondary

#5369C6

accent

#37D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD989

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

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