#ECDCA9#ECDCA9

#ECDCA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.068 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDCA9
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 28.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -2.15, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 27.18, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0032 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.068 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.3472, 71.8855, 47.8560)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDCA9 #A9B9EC

analogous

#ECBBA9 #ECDCA9 #DBECA9

triadic

#ECDCA9 #A9ECDC #DCA9EC

tetradic

#ECDCA9 #A9ECBB #A9B9EC #ECA9DB

square

#ECDCA9 #A9ECBB #A9B9EC #ECA9DB

split-complementary

#ECDCA9 #A9DBEC #BBA9EC

monochromatic

#D6B345 #E1C877 #ECDCA9 #F7F0DB #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#ECDCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDCA9

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDCA9	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.068 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6c3',
    500: '#ecdca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdca9;
$custom-light: #f3e6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8951,
    "c": 0.06849,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDCA9

secondary

#7186C9

accent

#44CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDCA9

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

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