#ECDD4D#ECDD4D

#ECDD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.160 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD4D
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -10.99, 69.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 70.21, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0368 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.16 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7906, 70.0841, 17.2925)
Luminance	0.7008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD4D #4D5CEC

analogous

#EC8E4D #ECDD4D #ACEC4D

triadic

#ECDD4D #4DECDD #DD4DEC

tetradic

#ECDD4D #4DEC8E #4D5CEC #EC4DAC

square

#ECDD4D #4DEC8E #4D5CEC #EC4DAC

split-complementary

#ECDD4D #4DACEC #8E4DEC

monochromatic

#AC9E12 #E4D018 #ECDD4D #F2E884 #F8F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#ECDD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD4D

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD4D	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.160 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e786',
    500: '#ecdd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd4d;
$custom-light: #f6e786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88449,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD4D

secondary

#303CAD

accent

#1DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD4D

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

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