#ECD98B#ECD98B

#ECD98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.100 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD98B
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 139)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -4.12, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 40.96, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0106 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.1 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.0666, 69.3248, 34.4273)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD98B #8B9EEC

analogous

#ECA88B #ECD98B #CEEC8B

triadic

#ECD98B #8BECD9 #D98BEC

tetradic

#ECD98B #8BECA8 #8B9EEC #EC8BCE

square

#ECD98B #8BECA8 #8B9EEC #EC8BCE

split-complementary

#ECD98B #8BCEEC #A88BEC

monochromatic

#D9B524 #E3C856 #ECD98B #F5EAC0 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#ECD98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD98B

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD98B	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)

#E8D585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.100 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4ae',
    500: '#ecd98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd98b;
$custom-light: #f3e4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88364,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD98B

secondary

#556BC7

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD98B

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

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