#ECDA9F#ECDA9F
#ECDA9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.078 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECDA9F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 218, 159) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 67%, 77%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 33%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 32.6%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.23, -2.38, 31.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.23, 31.43, 94.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.92% -0.0043 0.0783) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.92% 0.078 93.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.9224, 70.4808, 42.9257) |
| Luminance | 0.7048 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 2.30
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 2.62
Pale Peach
#FFE5AD
ΔE00 3.95
Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA
ΔE00 4.59
Light Tan
#FBEEAC
ΔE00 4.64
Wheat
#F5DEB3
ΔE00 4.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECDA9F #9FB1EC
analogous
#ECB39F #ECDA9F #D8EC9F
triadic
#ECDA9F #9FECDA #DA9FEC
tetradic
#ECDA9F #9FECB3 #9FB1EC #EC9FD8
square
#ECDA9F #9FECB3 #9FB1EC #EC9FD8
split-complementary
#ECDA9F #9FD8EC #B39FEC
monochromatic
#D8B339 #E2C66C #ECDA9F #F6EED2 #FAF5E5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.39
#ECDA9F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.10
#ECDA9F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECDA9F
15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECDA9F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECDA9F | 1.00 | 1.39 | 15.10 | 15.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6D79B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBDDA1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8D1CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecda9f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 159); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.078 93.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e5bc',
500: '#ecda9f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecda9f; $custom-light: #f3e5bc; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecda9f",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 218,
"b": 159
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.974,
"s": 66.957,
"l": 77.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88915,
"c": 0.07845,
"h": 93.1
},
"luminance": 0.70479
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECDA9F
secondary
#677EC8
accent
#42CF17
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFCF8
border
#D6D5D1
text
#171512
muted
#858482