#ECDC5F#ECDC5F

#ECDC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC5F
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -9.41, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 62.56, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0303 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.2531, 69.8479, 21.0271)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC5F #5F6FEC

analogous

#EC955F #ECDC5F #B6EC5F

triadic

#ECDC5F #5FECDC #DC5FEC

tetradic

#ECDC5F #5FEC95 #5F6FEC #EC5FB6

square

#ECDC5F #5FEC95 #5F6FEC #EC5FB6

split-complementary

#ECDC5F #5FB6EC #955FEC

monochromatic

#BAA816 #E6D028 #ECDC5F #F2E896 #F9F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#ECDC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC5F

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC5F	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)

#EED651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e691',
    500: '#ecdc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc5f;
$custom-light: #f5e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88403,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC5F

secondary

#3645BA

accent

#22DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC5F

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

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