#ECDD5D#ECDD5D

#ECDD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.148 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD5D
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -10.04, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 63.77, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0324 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.148 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.4266, 70.3385, 20.6422)
Luminance	0.7034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD5D #5D6CEC

analogous

#EC955D #ECDD5D #B4EC5D

triadic

#ECDD5D #5DECDD #DD5DEC

tetradic

#ECDD5D #5DEC95 #5D6CEC #EC5DB4

square

#ECDD5D #5DEC95 #5D6CEC #EC5DB4

split-complementary

#ECDD5D #5DB4EC #955DEC

monochromatic

#B9A816 #E6D226 #ECDD5D #F2E894 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#ECDD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD5D

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD5D	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.148 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e790',
    500: '#ecdd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd5d;
$custom-light: #f5e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88588,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD5D

secondary

#3543B8

accent

#20DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD5D

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

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