#ECDC8B#ECDC8B

#ECDC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.103 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC8B
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 139)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -5.65, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 42.11, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.015 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.103 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8469, 70.8854, 34.6874)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC8B #8B9BEC

analogous

#ECAB8B #ECDC8B #CBEC8B

triadic

#ECDC8B #8BECDC #DC8BEC

tetradic

#ECDC8B #8BECAB #8B9BEC #EC8BCB

square

#ECDC8B #8BECAB #8B9BEC #EC8BCB

split-complementary

#ECDC8B #8BCBEC #AB8BEC

monochromatic

#D9BB24 #E3CC56 #ECDC8B #F5ECC0 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#ECDC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC8B

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC8B	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.103 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6ae',
    500: '#ecdc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc8b;
$custom-light: #f3e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88969,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC8B

secondary

#5567C7

accent

#32D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC8B

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

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