#ECD98F#ECD98F

#ECD98F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.096 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD98F
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 143)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -3.70, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 39.00, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0091 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.096 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3642, 69.4439, 35.9948)
Luminance	0.6944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD98F #8FA2EC

analogous

#ECAB8F #ECD98F #D1EC8F

triadic

#ECD98F #8FECD9 #D98FEC

tetradic

#ECD98F #8FECAB #8FA2EC #EC8FD1

square

#ECD98F #8FECAB #8FA2EC #EC8FD1

split-complementary

#ECD98F #8FD1EC #AB8FEC

monochromatic

#DAB526 #E3C75B #ECD98F #F5EBC3 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#ECD98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD98F

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD98F	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.096 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b0',
    500: '#ecd98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd98f;
$custom-light: #f3e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8843,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD98F

secondary

#586FC7

accent

#3AD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD98F

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

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