#ECDB9E#ECDB9E

#ECDB9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.081 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB9E
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 158)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -3.01, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 32.31, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0062 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.081 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0960, 70.9664, 42.5573)
Luminance	0.7097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB9E #9EAFEC

analogous

#ECB49E #ECDB9E #D6EC9E

triadic

#ECDB9E #9EECDB #DB9EEC

tetradic

#ECDB9E #9EECB4 #9EAFEC #EC9ED6

square

#ECDB9E #9EECB4 #9EAFEC #EC9ED6

split-complementary

#ECDB9E #9ED6EC #B49EEC

monochromatic

#D8B538 #E2C86B #ECDB9E #F6EED1 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#ECDB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB9E

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB9E	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.081 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6bb',
    500: '#ecdb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb9e;
$custom-light: #f3e6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.923,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89096,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB9E

secondary

#667CC8

accent

#3FCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB9E

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

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