#ECDB74#ECDB74

#ECDB74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB74
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -7.31, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 52.76, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.022 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0779, 69.7591, 26.6618)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB74 #7485EC

analogous

#EC9F74 #ECDB74 #C1EC74

triadic

#ECDB74 #74ECDB #DB74EC

tetradic

#ECDB74 #74EC9F #7485EC #EC74C1

square

#ECDB74 #74EC9F #7485EC #EC74C1

split-complementary

#ECDB74 #74C1EC #9F74EC

monochromatic

#CAB11C #E5CD3E #ECDB74 #F3E9AA #FBF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#ECDB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB74

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB74	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e59e',
    500: '#ecdb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb74;
$custom-light: #f4e59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88437,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB74

secondary

#4053C5

accent

#2AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB74

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

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