#ECDB99#ECDB99

#ECDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.086 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB99
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -3.60, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 34.80, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0081 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.086 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.6744, 70.7977, 40.3366)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB99 #99AAEC

analogous

#ECB299 #ECDB99 #D4EC99

triadic

#ECDB99 #99ECDB #DB99EC

tetradic

#ECDB99 #99ECB2 #99AAEC #EC99D4

square

#ECDB99 #99ECB2 #99AAEC #EC99D4

split-complementary

#ECDB99 #99D4EC #B299EC

monochromatic

#D9B732 #E2C965 #ECDB99 #F6EDCD #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#ECDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB99

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB99	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.086 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b7',
    500: '#ecdb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb99;
$custom-light: #f3e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89005,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB99

secondary

#6276C8

accent

#3BD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB99

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

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