#ECD98D#ECD98D

#ECD98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.098 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD98D
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 141)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -3.91, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 39.98, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0099 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.098 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.2141, 69.3838, 35.2040)
Luminance	0.6938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD98D #8DA0EC

analogous

#ECAA8D #ECD98D #D0EC8D

triadic

#ECD98D #8DECD9 #D98DEC

tetradic

#ECD98D #8DECAA #8DA0EC #EC8DD0

square

#ECD98D #8DECAA #8DA0EC #EC8DD0

split-complementary

#ECD98D #8DD0EC #AA8DEC

monochromatic

#DAB624 #E3C859 #ECD98D #F5EAC1 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#ECD98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD98D

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD98D	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.098 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4af',
    500: '#ecd98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd98d;
$custom-light: #f3e4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88397,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD98D

secondary

#566DC7

accent

#39D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD98D

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

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