#ECDC7E#ECDC7E

#ECDC7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC7E
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.26, -6.93, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.26, 48.41, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0199 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9529, 70.5278, 29.9791)
Luminance	0.7053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC7E #7E8EEC

analogous

#ECA57E #ECDC7E #C5EC7E

triadic

#ECDC7E #7EECDC #DC7EEC

tetradic

#ECDC7E #7EECA5 #7E8EEC #EC7EC5

square

#ECDC7E #7EECA5 #7E8EEC #EC7EC5

split-complementary

#ECDC7E #7EC5EC #A57EEC

monochromatic

#D1B71F #E4CE49 #ECDC7E #F4EAB3 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDC7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#ECDC7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC7E

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC7E	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6a5',
    500: '#ecdc7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc7e;
$custom-light: #f4e6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88775,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC7E

secondary

#495BC5

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC7E

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

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