#ECDC8D#ECDC8D

#ECDC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.101 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC8D
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -5.44, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 41.13, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0143 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.101 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.9943, 70.9444, 35.4641)
Luminance	0.7094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC8D #8D9DEC

analogous

#ECAD8D #ECDC8D #CDEC8D

triadic

#ECDC8D #8DECDC #DC8DEC

tetradic

#ECDC8D #8DECAD #8D9DEC #EC8DCD

square

#ECDC8D #8DECAD #8D9DEC #EC8DCD

split-complementary

#ECDC8D #8DCDEC #AD8DEC

monochromatic

#DABC24 #E3CC59 #ECDC8D #F5ECC1 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#ECDC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC8D

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC8D	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.101 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6af',
    500: '#ecdc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc8d;
$custom-light: #f3e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89001,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC8D

secondary

#5669C7

accent

#33D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC8D

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

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