#ECD99A#ECD99A

#ECD99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.083 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD99A
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 34.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -2.46, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 33.54, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0048 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.083 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.2387, 69.7937, 40.6006)
Luminance	0.6979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD99A #9AADEC

analogous

#ECB09A #ECD99A #D6EC9A

triadic

#ECD99A #9AECD9 #D99AEC

tetradic

#ECD99A #9AECB0 #9AADEC #EC9AD6

square

#ECD99A #9AECB0 #9AADEC #EC9AD6

split-complementary

#ECD99A #9AD6EC #B09AEC

monochromatic

#D9B233 #E2C666 #ECD99A #F6ECCE #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#ECD99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD99A

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD99A	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.083 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b8',
    500: '#ecd99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd99a;
$custom-light: #f3e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88622,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD99A

secondary

#627AC8

accent

#41D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD99A

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

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