#ECD99D#ECD99D

#ECD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.080 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD99D
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -2.11, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 32.05, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0036 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.08 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4917, 69.8949, 41.9329)
Luminance	0.6989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD99D #9DB0EC

analogous

#ECB29D #ECD99D #D7EC9D

triadic

#ECD99D #9DECD9 #D99DEC

tetradic

#ECD99D #9DECB2 #9DB0EC #EC9DD7

square

#ECD99D #9DECB2 #9DB0EC #EC9DD7

split-complementary

#ECD99D #9DD7EC #B29DEC

monochromatic

#D8B136 #E2C56A #ECD99D #F6EDD0 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#ECD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD99D

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD99D	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.080 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4ba',
    500: '#ecd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd99d;
$custom-light: #f3e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88678,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD99D

secondary

#657DC8

accent

#43CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD99D

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

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