#ECD98A#ECD98A

#ECD98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.101 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD98A
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -4.23, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 41.45, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.011 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.101 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9939, 69.2957, 34.0443)
Luminance	0.6929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD98A #8A9DEC

analogous

#ECA88A #ECD98A #CEEC8A

triadic

#ECD98A #8AECD9 #D98AEC

tetradic

#ECD98A #8AECA8 #8A9DEC #EC8ACE

square

#ECD98A #8AECA8 #8A9DEC #EC8ACE

split-complementary

#ECD98A #8ACEEC #A88AEC

monochromatic

#D8B523 #E3C855 #ECD98A #F5EABF #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#ECD98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD98A

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD98A	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.101 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4ad',
    500: '#ecd98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd98a;
$custom-light: #f4e4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88348,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD98A

secondary

#546AC7

accent

#37D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD98A

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

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