#ECDD97#ECDD97

#ECDD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.090 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD97
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -4.84, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 36.58, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0119 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.09 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.0355, 71.7820, 39.6489)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD97 #97A6EC

analogous

#ECB297 #ECDD97 #D0EC97

triadic

#ECDD97 #97ECDD #DD97EC

tetradic

#ECDD97 #97ECB2 #97A6EC #EC97D0

square

#ECDD97 #97ECB2 #97A6EC #EC97D0

split-complementary

#ECDD97 #97D0EC #B297EC

monochromatic

#D9BB30 #E3CC63 #ECDD97 #F5EECB #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#ECDD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD97

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD97	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.090 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e7b6',
    500: '#ecdd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd97;
$custom-light: #f3e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89371,
    "c": 0.09043,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD97

secondary

#6072C8

accent

#36D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD97

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

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