#ECD99F#ECD99F

#ECD99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.078 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD99F
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -1.86, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 31.05, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0028 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.078 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6638, 69.9637, 42.8396)
Luminance	0.6996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD99F #9FB2EC

analogous

#ECB39F #ECD99F #D8EC9F

triadic

#ECD99F #9FECD9 #D99FEC

tetradic

#ECD99F #9FECB3 #9FB2EC #EC9FD8

square

#ECD99F #9FECB3 #9FB2EC #EC9FD8

split-complementary

#ECD99F #9FD8EC #B39FEC

monochromatic

#D8B139 #E2C56C #ECD99F #F6EDD2 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#ECD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD99F

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD99F	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)

#E5D79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.078 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4bb',
    500: '#ecd99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd99f;
$custom-light: #f3e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88715,
    "c": 0.07758,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD99F

secondary

#677FC8

accent

#44CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD99F

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

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