#ECDC4D#ECDC4D

#ECDC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; 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	#ECDC4D
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -10.49, 69.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 69.87, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0354 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.159 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5274, 69.5576, 17.2048)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC4D #4D5DEC

analogous

#EC8D4D #ECDC4D #ADEC4D

triadic

#ECDC4D #4DECDC #DC4DEC

tetradic

#ECDC4D #4DEC8D #4D5DEC #EC4DAD

square

#ECDC4D #4DEC8D #4D5DEC #EC4DAD

split-complementary

#ECDC4D #4DADEC #8D4DEC

monochromatic

#AC9D12 #E4CF18 #ECDC4D #F2E784 #F8F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECDC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#ECDC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC4D

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC4D	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)

#EFD539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.159 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e686',
    500: '#ecdc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc4d;
$custom-light: #f6e686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.962,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88244,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC4D

secondary

#303DAD

accent

#1EDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC4D

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

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