#ECDB9F#ECDB9F

#ECDB9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.079 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB9F
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 159)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, -2.89, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 31.81, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0058 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.079 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.1825, 71.0010, 43.0124)
Luminance	0.7100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB9F #9FB0EC

analogous

#ECB49F #ECDB9F #D7EC9F

triadic

#ECDB9F #9FECDB #DB9FEC

tetradic

#ECDB9F #9FECB4 #9FB0EC #EC9FD7

square

#ECDB9F #9FECB4 #9FB0EC #EC9FD7

split-complementary

#ECDB9F #9FD7EC #B49FEC

monochromatic

#D8B539 #E2C86C #ECDB9F #F6EED2 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#ECDB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB9F

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB9F	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.079 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6bc',
    500: '#ecdb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb9f;
$custom-light: #f3e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89115,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB9F

secondary

#677DC8

accent

#3FCF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB9F

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

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