#ECDCA5#ECDCA5

#ECDCA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.073 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDCA5
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 165)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 30.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -2.66, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 29.19, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0048 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.073 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.9775, 71.7376, 45.9086)
Luminance	0.7174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDCA5 #A5B5EC

analogous

#ECB8A5 #ECDCA5 #D8ECA5

triadic

#ECDCA5 #A5ECDC #DCA5EC

tetradic

#ECDCA5 #A5ECB8 #A5B5EC #ECA5D8

square

#ECDCA5 #A5ECB8 #A5B5EC #ECA5D8

split-complementary

#ECDCA5 #A5D8EC #B8A5EC

monochromatic

#D7B540 #E1C872 #ECDCA5 #F7F0D8 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#ECDCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDCA5

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDCA5	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.073 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6c0',
    500: '#ecdca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdca5;
$custom-light: #f3e6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8943,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDCA5

secondary

#6D81C8

accent

#41CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDCA5

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

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