#ECDD4B#ECDD4B

#ECDD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.161 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD4B
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -11.09, 70.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 70.96, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0373 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.161 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.7211, 70.0563, 16.9263)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD4B #4B5AEC

analogous

#EC8C4B #ECDD4B #AAEC4B

triadic

#ECDD4B #4BECDD #DD4BEC

tetradic

#ECDD4B #4BEC8C #4B5AEC #EC4BAA

square

#ECDD4B #4BEC8C #4B5AEC #EC4BAA

split-complementary

#ECDD4B #4BAAEC #8C4BEC

monochromatic

#AB9C12 #E2CF18 #ECDD4B #F2E782 #F8F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#ECDD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD4B

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD4B	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.161 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e785',
    500: '#ecdd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd4b;
$custom-light: #f6e785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.41,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88434,
    "c": 0.16094,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD4B

secondary

#303BAC

accent

#1CDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD4B

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

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