#ECDC9A#ECDC9A

#ECDC9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.086 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC9A
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 154)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 34.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -3.99, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 34.69, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0092 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.086 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.0190, 71.3542, 40.8607)
Luminance	0.7135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC9A #9AAAEC

analogous

#ECB39A #ECDC9A #D3EC9A

triadic

#ECDC9A #9AECDC #DC9AEC

tetradic

#ECDC9A #9AECB3 #9AAAEC #EC9AD3

square

#ECDC9A #9AECB3 #9AAAEC #EC9AD3

split-complementary

#ECDC9A #9AD3EC #B39AEC

monochromatic

#D9B833 #E2CA66 #ECDC9A #F6EECE #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#ECDC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC9A

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC9A	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.086 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b8',
    500: '#ecdc9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc9a;
$custom-light: #f3e6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89223,
    "c": 0.08605,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC9A

secondary

#6276C8

accent

#3AD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC9A

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

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