#ECD994#ECD994

#ECD994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.090 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD994
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 37.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -3.15, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 36.52, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0071 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.09 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.7514, 69.5988, 38.0343)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD994 #94A7EC

analogous

#ECAD94 #ECD994 #D3EC94

triadic

#ECD994 #94ECD9 #D994EC

tetradic

#ECD994 #94ECAD #94A7EC #EC94D3

square

#ECD994 #94ECAD #94A7EC #EC94D3

split-complementary

#ECD994 #94D3EC #AD94EC

monochromatic

#DAB42C #E3C760 #ECD994 #F5EBC8 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#ECD994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD994

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD994	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D68F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.090 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b4',
    500: '#ecd994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd994;
$custom-light: #f3e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.045,
    "s": 69.841,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88515,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD994

secondary

#5D74C7

accent

#3DD214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD994

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

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