#ECDD5A#ECDD5A

#ECDD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.150 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD5A
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -10.24, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 65.03, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0332 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.15 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.2963, 70.2864, 19.9560)
Luminance	0.7028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD5A #5A69EC

analogous

#EC945A #ECDD5A #B2EC5A

triadic

#ECDD5A #5AECDD #DD5AEC

tetradic

#ECDD5A #5AEC94 #5A69EC #EC5AB2

square

#ECDD5A #5AEC94 #5A69EC #EC5AB2

split-complementary

#ECDD5A #5AB2EC #945AEC

monochromatic

#B7A615 #E6D223 #ECDD5A #F2E891 #F9F4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#ECDD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD5A

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD5A	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.150 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e78e',
    500: '#ecdd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd5a;
$custom-light: #f5e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.836,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8856,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD5A

secondary

#3441B6

accent

#1FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD5A

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

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