#ECDC4C#ECDC4C

#ECDC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.159 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC4C
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 76)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -10.54, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 70.25, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0356 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.159 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4923, 69.5436, 17.0202)
Luminance	0.6954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC4C #4C5CEC

analogous

#EC8C4C #ECDC4C #ACEC4C

triadic

#ECDC4C #4CECDC #DC4CEC

tetradic

#ECDC4C #4CEC8C #4C5CEC #EC4CAC

square

#ECDC4C #4CEC8C #4C5CEC #EC4CAC

split-complementary

#ECDC4C #4CACEC #8C4CEC

monochromatic

#AB9C12 #E3CE18 #ECDC4C #F2E783 #F8F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECDC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#ECDC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC4C

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC4C	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.159 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e686',
    500: '#ecdc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc4c;
$custom-light: #f6e686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88236,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC4C

secondary

#303CAC

accent

#1EDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC4C

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

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