#ECDC8F#ECDC8F

#ECDC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.098 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC8F
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 143)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, -5.22, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 40.15, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0135 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.098 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1445, 71.0044, 36.2549)
Luminance	0.7100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC8F #8F9FEC

analogous

#ECAE8F #ECDC8F #CEEC8F

triadic

#ECDC8F #8FECDC #DC8FEC

tetradic

#ECDC8F #8FECAE #8F9FEC #EC8FCE

square

#ECDC8F #8FECAE #8F9FEC #EC8FCE

split-complementary

#ECDC8F #8FCEEC #AE8FEC

monochromatic

#DABB26 #E3CC5B #ECDC8F #F5ECC3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#ECDC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC8F

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC8F	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)

#EAD889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.098 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b0',
    500: '#ecdc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc8f;
$custom-light: #f3e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89034,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC8F

secondary

#586BC7

accent

#34D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC8F

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

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