#ECDC5D#ECDC5D

#ECDC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC5D
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -9.54, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 63.41, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0309 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1634, 69.8120, 20.5544)
Luminance	0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC5D #5D6DEC

analogous

#EC955D #ECDC5D #B4EC5D

triadic

#ECDC5D #5DECDC #DC5DEC

tetradic

#ECDC5D #5DEC95 #5D6DEC #EC5DB4

square

#ECDC5D #5DEC95 #5D6DEC #EC5DB4

split-complementary

#ECDC5D #5DB4EC #955DEC

monochromatic

#B9A716 #E6D026 #ECDC5D #F2E894 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#ECDC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC5D

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC5D	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)

#EED64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e690',
    500: '#ecdc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc5d;
$custom-light: #f5e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88383,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC5D

secondary

#3544B8

accent

#22DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC5D

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

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