#ECD993#ECD993

#ECD993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.091 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD993
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 147)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 37.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -3.26, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 37.02, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0075 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.091 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6726, 69.5672, 37.6192)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD993 #93A6EC

analogous

#ECAC93 #ECD993 #D3EC93

triadic

#ECD993 #93ECD9 #D993EC

tetradic

#ECD993 #93ECAC #93A6EC #EC93D3

square

#ECD993 #93ECAC #93A6EC #EC93D3

split-complementary

#ECD993 #93D3EC #AC93EC

monochromatic

#DAB42B #E3C75F #ECD993 #F5EBC7 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#ECD993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD993

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD993	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D68E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.091 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b3',
    500: '#ecd993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd993;
$custom-light: #f3e4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.191,
    "s": 70.079,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88498,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD993

secondary

#5C73C7

accent

#3CD213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD993

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

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