#ECD98C#ECD98C

#ECD98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.099 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD98C
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 140)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 40.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -4.02, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 40.47, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0103 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.099 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1400, 69.3542, 34.8139)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD98C #8C9FEC

analogous

#ECA98C #ECD98C #CFEC8C

triadic

#ECD98C #8CECD9 #D98CEC

tetradic

#ECD98C #8CECA9 #8C9FEC #EC8CCF

square

#ECD98C #8CECA9 #8C9FEC #EC8CCF

split-complementary

#ECD98C #8CCFEC #A98CEC

monochromatic

#DAB624 #E3C857 #ECD98C #F5EAC1 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#ECD98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD98C

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD98C	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.099 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4ae',
    500: '#ecd98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd98c;
$custom-light: #f3e4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88381,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD98C

secondary

#556CC7

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD98C

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

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