#ECDD87#ECDD87

#ECDD87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.108 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD87
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.63, -6.56, 43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.63, 44.46, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.018 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.108 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8232, 71.2971, 33.2640)
Luminance	0.7129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD87 #8796EC

analogous

#ECAA87 #ECDD87 #C9EC87

triadic

#ECDD87 #87ECDD #DD87EC

tetradic

#ECDD87 #87ECAA #8796EC #EC87C9

square

#ECDD87 #87ECAA #8796EC #EC87C9

split-complementary

#ECDD87 #87C9EC #AA87EC

monochromatic

#D7BC22 #E4CE52 #ECDD87 #F4ECBC #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#ECDD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD87

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD87	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.108 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7ab',
    500: '#ecdd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd87;
$custom-light: #f4e7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89109,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD87

secondary

#5162C6

accent

#2ED511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD87

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

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