#ECDD5E#ECDD5E

#ECDD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.147 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD5E
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -9.98, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 63.34, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.6% -0.0321 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(88.6% 0.147 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4712, 70.3563, 20.8769)
Luminance	0.7035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD5E #5E6DEC

analogous

#EC965E #ECDD5E #B4EC5E

triadic

#ECDD5E #5EECDD #DD5EEC

tetradic

#ECDD5E #5EEC96 #5E6DEC #EC5EB4

square

#ECDD5E #5EEC96 #5E6DEC #EC5EB4

split-complementary

#ECDD5E #5EB4EC #965EEC

monochromatic

#BAA816 #E6D127 #ECDD5E #F2E995 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#ECDD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD5E

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD5E	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)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.147 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e790',
    500: '#ecdd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd5e;
$custom-light: #f5e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88598,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD5E

secondary

#3543B9

accent

#20DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD5E

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

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