#ECDC99#ECDC99

#ECDC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.087 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC99
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -4.11, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 35.19, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0096 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.087 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9361, 71.3211, 40.4239)
Luminance	0.7132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC99 #99A9EC

analogous

#ECB399 #ECDC99 #D3EC99

triadic

#ECDC99 #99ECDC #DC99EC

tetradic

#ECDC99 #99ECB3 #99A9EC #EC99D3

square

#ECDC99 #99ECB3 #99A9EC #EC99D3

split-complementary

#ECDC99 #99D3EC #B399EC

monochromatic

#D9B932 #E2CA65 #ECDC99 #F6EECD #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#ECDC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC99

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC99	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)

#E9D994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.087 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b7',
    500: '#ecdc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc99;
$custom-light: #f3e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.434,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89205,
    "c": 0.08719,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC99

secondary

#6275C8

accent

#39D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC99

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

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