#ECDB5E#ECDB5E

#ECDB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB5E
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -8.97, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 62.63, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0292 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9463, 69.3065, 20.7020)
Luminance	0.6930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB5E #5E6FEC

analogous

#EC945E #ECDB5E #B6EC5E

triadic

#ECDB5E #5EECDB #DB5EEC

tetradic

#ECDB5E #5EEC94 #5E6FEC #EC5EB6

square

#ECDB5E #5EEC94 #5E6FEC #EC5EB6

split-complementary

#ECDB5E #5EB6EC #945EEC

monochromatic

#BAA616 #E6CF27 #ECDB5E #F2E795 #F9F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECDB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#ECDB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB5E

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB5E	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e590',
    500: '#ecdb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb5e;
$custom-light: #f5e590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88189,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB5E

secondary

#3545B9

accent

#23DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB5E

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

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