#ECD99B#ECD99B

#ECD99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.082 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD99B
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 34.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -2.34, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 33.05, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0044 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.082 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.3223, 69.8271, 41.0410)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD99B #9BAEEC

analogous

#ECB19B #ECD99B #D7EC9B

triadic

#ECD99B #9BECD9 #D99BEC

tetradic

#ECD99B #9BECB1 #9BAEEC #EC9BD7

square

#ECD99B #9BECB1 #9BAEEC #EC9BD7

split-complementary

#ECD99B #9BD7EC #B19BEC

monochromatic

#D8B234 #E2C568 #ECD99B #F6EDCE #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#ECD99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD99B

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD99B	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.082 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b9',
    500: '#ecd99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd99b;
$custom-light: #f3e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88641,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD99B

secondary

#637BC8

accent

#41D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD99B

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

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