#ECDC8A#ECDC8A

#ECDC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.104 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC8A
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -5.75, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 42.60, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0154 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.104 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7741, 70.8563, 34.3044)
Luminance	0.7085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC8A #8A9AEC

analogous

#ECAB8A #ECDC8A #CBEC8A

triadic

#ECDC8A #8AECDC #DC8AEC

tetradic

#ECDC8A #8AECAB #8A9AEC #EC8ACB

square

#ECDC8A #8AECAB #8A9AEC #EC8ACB

split-complementary

#ECDC8A #8ACBEC #AB8AEC

monochromatic

#D8BB23 #E3CC55 #ECDC8A #F5ECBF #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#ECDC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC8A

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC8A	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.104 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6ad',
    500: '#ecdc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc8a;
$custom-light: #f3e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88953,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC8A

secondary

#5466C7

accent

#31D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC8A

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

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