#ECDD89#ECDD89

#ECDD89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.106 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD89
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -6.36, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 43.48, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0173 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.106 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.9653, 71.3539, 34.0126)
Luminance	0.7135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD89 #8998EC

analogous

#ECAB89 #ECDD89 #C9EC89

triadic

#ECDD89 #89ECDD #DD89EC

tetradic

#ECDD89 #89ECAB #8998EC #EC89C9

square

#ECDD89 #89ECAB #8998EC #EC89C9

split-complementary

#ECDD89 #89C9EC #AB89EC

monochromatic

#D8BC23 #E4CE54 #ECDD89 #F4ECBE #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#ECDD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD89

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD89	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)

#ECD883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.106 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7ac',
    500: '#ecdd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd89;
$custom-light: #f4e7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8914,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD89

secondary

#5364C6

accent

#2FD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD89

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

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