#ECDB8E#ECDB8E

#ECDB8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.099 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB8E
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 142)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -4.82, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 40.25, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0124 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.099 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.8074, 70.4509, 35.7705)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB8E #8E9FEC

analogous

#ECAC8E #ECDB8E #CEEC8E

triadic

#ECDB8E #8EECDB #DB8EEC

tetradic

#ECDB8E #8EECAC #8E9FEC #EC8ECE

square

#ECDB8E #8EECAC #8E9FEC #EC8ECE

split-complementary

#ECDB8E #8ECEEC #AC8EEC

monochromatic

#DABA25 #E3CA5A #ECDB8E #F5ECC2 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#ECDB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB8E

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB8E	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.099 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b0',
    500: '#ecdb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb8e;
$custom-light: #f3e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88816,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB8E

secondary

#576BC7

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB8E

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

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