#ECDC5E#ECDC5E

#ECDC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC5E
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -9.48, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 62.99, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0306 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.2080, 69.8298, 20.7892)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC5E #5E6EEC

analogous

#EC955E #ECDC5E #B5EC5E

triadic

#ECDC5E #5EECDC #DC5EEC

tetradic

#ECDC5E #5EEC95 #5E6EEC #EC5EB5

square

#ECDC5E #5EEC95 #5E6EEC #EC5EB5

split-complementary

#ECDC5E #5EB5EC #955EEC

monochromatic

#BAA716 #E6D027 #ECDC5E #F2E895 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#ECDC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC5E

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC5E	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e690',
    500: '#ecdc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc5e;
$custom-light: #f5e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88393,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC5E

secondary

#3544B9

accent

#22DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC5E

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

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