#ECDC5A#ECDC5A

#ECDC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC5A
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -9.73, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 64.67, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0318 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.0331, 69.7599, 19.8683)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC5A #5A6AEC

analogous

#EC935A #ECDC5A #B3EC5A

triadic

#ECDC5A #5AECDC #DC5AEC

tetradic

#ECDC5A #5AEC93 #5A6AEC #EC5AB3

square

#ECDC5A #5AEC93 #5A6AEC #EC5AB3

split-complementary

#ECDC5A #5AB3EC #935AEC

monochromatic

#B7A515 #E6D023 #ECDC5A #F2E891 #F9F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#ECDC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC5A

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC5A	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)

#EFD64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e68e',
    500: '#ecdc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc5a;
$custom-light: #f5e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88355,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC5A

secondary

#3442B6

accent

#21DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC5A

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

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