#ECDD53#ECDD53

#ECDD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.155 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD53
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -10.66, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 67.88, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0352 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.155 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0123, 70.1727, 18.4601)
Luminance	0.7017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD53 #5362EC

analogous

#EC9153 #ECDD53 #AEEC53

triadic

#ECDD53 #53ECDD #DD53EC

tetradic

#ECDD53 #53EC91 #5362EC #EC53AE

square

#ECDD53 #53EC91 #5362EC #EC53AE

split-complementary

#ECDD53 #53AEEC #9153EC

monochromatic

#B1A214 #E6D21C #ECDD53 #F2E88A #F8F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#ECDD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD53

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD53	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)

#F0D641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.155 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e78a',
    500: '#ecdd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd53;
$custom-light: #f6e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88498,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD53

secondary

#323EB1

accent

#1EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD53

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

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