#ECD997#ECD997

#ECD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.087 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD997
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -2.81, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 35.03, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.006 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.087 94)
XYZ	xyz(64.9920, 69.6950, 39.3011)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD997 #97AAEC

analogous

#ECAE97 #ECD997 #D4EC97

triadic

#ECD997 #97ECD9 #D997EC

tetradic

#ECD997 #97ECAE #97AAEC #EC97D4

square

#ECD997 #97ECAE #97AAEC #EC97D4

split-complementary

#ECD997 #97D4EC #AE97EC

monochromatic

#D9B330 #E3C663 #ECD997 #F5ECCB #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#ECD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD997

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD997	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.087 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b6',
    500: '#ecd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd997;
$custom-light: #f3e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.588,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88568,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.69693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD997

secondary

#6077C8

accent

#3FD114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD997

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

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