#ECD995#ECD995

#ECD995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.089 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD995
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -3.04, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 36.03, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0068 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.089 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8309, 69.6305, 38.4529)
Luminance	0.6963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD995 #95A8EC

analogous

#ECAD95 #ECD995 #D3EC95

triadic

#ECD995 #95ECD9 #D995EC

tetradic

#ECD995 #95ECAD #95A8EC #EC95D3

square

#ECD995 #95ECAD #95A8EC #EC95D3

split-complementary

#ECD995 #95D3EC #AD95EC

monochromatic

#D9B42D #E3C661 #ECD995 #F5ECC9 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#ECD995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD995

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD995	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.089 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b5',
    500: '#ecd995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd995;
$custom-light: #f3e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.897,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88533,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD995

secondary

#5E75C7

accent

#3DD214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD995

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

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