#ECDC97#ECDC97

#ECDC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.089 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC97
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -4.34, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 36.18, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0104 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.089 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.7723, 71.2556, 39.5612)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC97 #97A7EC

analogous

#ECB197 #ECDC97 #D1EC97

triadic

#ECDC97 #97ECDC #DC97EC

tetradic

#ECDC97 #97ECB1 #97A7EC #EC97D1

square

#ECDC97 #97ECB1 #97A7EC #EC97D1

split-complementary

#ECDC97 #97D1EC #B197EC

monochromatic

#D9B930 #E3CB63 #ECDC97 #F5EDCB #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#ECDC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC97

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC97	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.089 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b6',
    500: '#ecdc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc97;
$custom-light: #f3e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8917,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC97

secondary

#6073C8

accent

#38D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC97

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

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