#ECD990#ECD990

#ECD990 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.095 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD990
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 144)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 39%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -3.59, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 38.50, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0087 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.095 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4403, 69.4743, 36.3956)
Luminance	0.6947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD990 #90A3EC

analogous

#ECAB90 #ECD990 #D1EC90

triadic

#ECD990 #90ECD9 #D990EC

tetradic

#ECD990 #90ECAB #90A3EC #EC90D1

square

#ECD990 #90ECAB #90A3EC #EC90D1

split-complementary

#ECD990 #90D1EC #AB90EC

monochromatic

#DAB527 #E3C75C #ECD990 #F5EBC4 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#ECD990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD990

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD990	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)

#E7D68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.095 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b1',
    500: '#ecd990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd990;
$custom-light: #f3e4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.609,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88447,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD990

secondary

#5970C7

accent

#3AD313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD990

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

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