#ECDD52#ECDD52

#ECDD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.156 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD52
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -10.71, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 68.27, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0355 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.156 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.9740, 70.1574, 18.2583)
Luminance	0.7016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD52 #5261EC

analogous

#EC9052 #ECDD52 #AEEC52

triadic

#ECDD52 #52ECDD #DD52EC

tetradic

#ECDD52 #52EC90 #5261EC #EC52AE

square

#ECDD52 #52EC90 #5261EC #EC52AE

split-complementary

#ECDD52 #52AEEC #9052EC

monochromatic

#B0A113 #E6D21B #ECDD52 #F2E889 #F8F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#ECDD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD52

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD52	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.156 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e789',
    500: '#ecdd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd52;
$custom-light: #f6e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.156,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8849,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD52

secondary

#323EB1

accent

#1EDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD52

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

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