#ECD99E#ECD99E

#ECD99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.079 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD99E
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.96, -1.99, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.96, 31.55, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0032 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.079 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.5774, 69.9291, 42.3844)
Luminance	0.6993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD99E #9EB1EC

analogous

#ECB29E #ECD99E #D8EC9E

triadic

#ECD99E #9EECD9 #D99EEC

tetradic

#ECD99E #9EECB2 #9EB1EC #EC9ED8

square

#ECD99E #9EECB2 #9EB1EC #EC9ED8

split-complementary

#ECD99E #9ED8EC #B29EEC

monochromatic

#D8B138 #E2C56B #ECD99E #F6EDD1 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#ECD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD99E

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD99E	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.079 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4bb',
    500: '#ecd99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd99e;
$custom-light: #f3e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88696,
    "c": 0.07874,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD99E

secondary

#667EC8

accent

#43CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD99E

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

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