#ECD98E#ECD98E

#ECD98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.097 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD98E
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 142)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -3.81, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 39.49, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0095 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.097 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2888, 69.4137, 35.5976)
Luminance	0.6941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD98E #8EA1EC

analogous

#ECAA8E #ECD98E #D0EC8E

triadic

#ECD98E #8EECD9 #D98EEC

tetradic

#ECD98E #8EECAA #8EA1EC #EC8ED0

square

#ECD98E #8EECAA #8EA1EC #EC8ED0

split-complementary

#ECD98E #8ED0EC #AA8EEC

monochromatic

#DAB625 #E3C75A #ECD98E #F5EBC2 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#ECD98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD98E

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD98E	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)

#E7D588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.097 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b0',
    500: '#ecd98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd98e;
$custom-light: #f3e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88413,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD98E

secondary

#576EC7

accent

#39D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD98E

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

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