#ECDD86#ECDD86

#ECDD86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.109 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD86
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -6.66, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 44.94, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0184 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.109 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7531, 71.2691, 32.8950)
Luminance	0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD86 #8695EC

analogous

#ECAA86 #ECDD86 #C8EC86

triadic

#ECDD86 #86ECDD #DD86EC

tetradic

#ECDD86 #86ECAA #8695EC #EC86C8

square

#ECDD86 #86ECAA #8695EC #EC86C8

split-complementary

#ECDD86 #86C8EC #AA86EC

monochromatic

#D6BB22 #E4CE51 #ECDD86 #F4ECBB #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#ECDD86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD86

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD86	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)

#ECD87F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.109 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7aa',
    500: '#ecdd86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd86;
$custom-light: #f4e7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89094,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD86

secondary

#5061C6

accent

#2DD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD86

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

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