#ECDC98#ECDC98

#ECDC98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.088 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC98
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 35.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -4.22, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 35.69, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.01 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.088 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.8538, 71.2882, 39.9907)
Luminance	0.7129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC98 #98A8EC

analogous

#ECB298 #ECDC98 #D2EC98

triadic

#ECDC98 #98ECDC #DC98EC

tetradic

#ECDC98 #98ECB2 #98A8EC #EC98D2

square

#ECDC98 #98ECB2 #98A8EC #EC98D2

split-complementary

#ECDC98 #98D2EC #B298EC

monochromatic

#D9B931 #E2CA64 #ECDC98 #F6EECC #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#ECDC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC98

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC98	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.088 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b7',
    500: '#ecdc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc98;
$custom-light: #f3e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 68.852,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89188,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC98

secondary

#6174C8

accent

#39D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC98

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

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