#ECDD3E#ECDD3E

#ECDD3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.169 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD3E
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 73.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -11.69, 74.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 75.53, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0402 0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.169 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3207, 69.8961, 14.8178)
Luminance	0.6989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD3E #3E4DEC

analogous

#EC863E #ECDD3E #A4EC3E

triadic

#ECDD3E #3EECDD #DD3EEC

tetradic

#ECDD3E #3EEC86 #3E4DEC #EC3EA4

square

#ECDD3E #3EEC86 #3E4DEC #EC3EA4

split-complementary

#ECDD3E #3EA4EC #863EEC

monochromatic

#A09310 #D8C715 #ECDD3E #F1E776 #F7F1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#ECDD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD3E

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD3E	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.169 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e77f',
    500: '#ecdd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd3e;
$custom-light: #f6e77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 82.075,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88347,
    "c": 0.16875,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD3E

secondary

#2C36A2

accent

#41F82F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD3E

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

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