#ECD99C#ECD99C

#ECD99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.081 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD99C
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, -2.22, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 32.55, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.004 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.081 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.4067, 69.8608, 41.4851)
Luminance	0.6986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD99C #9CAFEC

analogous

#ECB19C #ECD99C #D7EC9C

triadic

#ECD99C #9CECD9 #D99CEC

tetradic

#ECD99C #9CECB1 #9CAFEC #EC9CD7

square

#ECD99C #9CECB1 #9CAFEC #EC9CD7

split-complementary

#ECD99C #9CD7EC #B19CEC

monochromatic

#D8B235 #E2C569 #ECD99C #F6EDCF #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#ECD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD99C

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD99C	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)

#E6D698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.081 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b9',
    500: '#ecd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd99c;
$custom-light: #f3e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88659,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD99C

secondary

#647CC8

accent

#42D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD99C

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

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