#ECDA8B#ECDA8B

#ECDA8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.101 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDA8B
RGB	rgb(236, 218, 139)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -4.63, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 41.34, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0121 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.101 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3251, 69.8419, 34.5135)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDA8B #8B9DEC

analogous

#ECA98B #ECDA8B #CDEC8B

triadic

#ECDA8B #8BECDA #DA8BEC

tetradic

#ECDA8B #8BECA9 #8B9DEC #EC8BCD

square

#ECDA8B #8BECA9 #8B9DEC #EC8BCD

split-complementary

#ECDA8B #8BCDEC #A98BEC

monochromatic

#D9B724 #E3C956 #ECDA8B #F5EBC0 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#ECDA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDA8B

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDA8B	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)

#E9D685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecda8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.101 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e5ae',
    500: '#ecda8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecda8b;
$custom-light: #f3e5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecda8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.866,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88566,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDA8B

secondary

#556AC7

accent

#36D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDA8B

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

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