#ECDC62#ECDC62

#ECDC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC62
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -9.20, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 61.27, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0294 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3921, 69.9035, 21.7591)
Luminance	0.6990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC62 #6272EC

analogous

#EC9762 #ECDC62 #B7EC62

triadic

#ECDC62 #62ECDC #DC62EC

tetradic

#ECDC62 #62EC97 #6272EC #EC62B7

square

#ECDC62 #62EC97 #6272EC #EC62B7

split-complementary

#ECDC62 #62B7EC #9762EC

monochromatic

#BDAA17 #E5D02B #ECDC62 #F3E899 #F9F4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#ECDC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC62

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC62	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e693',
    500: '#ecdc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc62;
$custom-light: #f5e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88434,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC62

secondary

#3746BC

accent

#23DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC62

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

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