#ECDD5C#ECDD5C

#ECDD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.149 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD5C
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -10.11, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 64.19, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0327 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.149 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3826, 70.3209, 20.4104)
Luminance	0.7032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD5C #5C6BEC

analogous

#EC955C #ECDD5C #B3EC5C

triadic

#ECDD5C #5CECDD #DD5CEC

tetradic

#ECDD5C #5CEC95 #5C6BEC #EC5CB3

square

#ECDD5C #5CEC95 #5C6BEC #EC5CB3

split-complementary

#ECDD5C #5CB3EC #955CEC

monochromatic

#B8A715 #E6D225 #ECDD5C #F2E893 #F9F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#ECDD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD5C

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD5C	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)

#EFD64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.149 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e78f',
    500: '#ecdd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd5c;
$custom-light: #f5e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88579,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD5C

secondary

#3542B8

accent

#20DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD5C

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

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