#ECDC5B#ECDC5B

#ECDC5B 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 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC5B
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -9.67, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 64.26, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0315 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.0760, 69.7770, 20.0940)
Luminance	0.6977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC5B #5B6BEC

analogous

#EC945B #ECDC5B #B4EC5B

triadic

#ECDC5B #5BECDC #DC5BEC

tetradic

#ECDC5B #5BEC94 #5B6BEC #EC5BB4

square

#ECDC5B #5BEC94 #5B6BEC #EC5BB4

split-complementary

#ECDC5B #5BB4EC #945BEC

monochromatic

#B7A515 #E6D024 #ECDC5B #F2E892 #F9F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#ECDC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC5B

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC5B	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e68e',
    500: '#ecdc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc5b;
$custom-light: #f5e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88364,
    "c": 0.14851,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC5B

secondary

#3443B7

accent

#21DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC5B

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

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