#ECDB8D#ECDB8D

#ECDB8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.100 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB8D
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -4.93, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 40.74, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0128 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.1 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.7327, 70.4211, 35.3769)
Luminance	0.7042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB8D #8D9EEC

analogous

#ECAC8D #ECDB8D #CEEC8D

triadic

#ECDB8D #8DECDB #DB8DEC

tetradic

#ECDB8D #8DECAC #8D9EEC #EC8DCE

square

#ECDB8D #8DECAC #8D9EEC #EC8DCE

split-complementary

#ECDB8D #8DCEEC #AC8DEC

monochromatic

#DABA24 #E3CA59 #ECDB8D #F5ECC1 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#ECDB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB8D

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB8D	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.100 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6af',
    500: '#ecdb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb8d;
$custom-light: #f3e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88799,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB8D

secondary

#566BC7

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB8D

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

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