#ECDC85#ECDC85

#ECDC85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.109 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC85
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -6.26, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 45.04, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0173 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.109 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.4205, 70.7148, 32.4417)
Luminance	0.7071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC85 #8595EC

analogous

#ECA985 #ECDC85 #C8EC85

triadic

#ECDC85 #85ECDC #DC85EC

tetradic

#ECDC85 #85ECA9 #8595EC #EC85C8

square

#ECDC85 #85ECA9 #8595EC #EC85C8

split-complementary

#ECDC85 #85C8EC #A985EC

monochromatic

#D5B921 #E4CD50 #ECDC85 #F4EBBA #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#ECDC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC85

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC85	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD77E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.109 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6aa',
    500: '#ecdc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc85;
$custom-light: #f4e6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88876,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC85

secondary

#4F62C6

accent

#2FD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC85

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

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