#ECDD60#ECDD60

#ECDD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.145 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD60
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -9.84, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 62.49, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0315 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.145 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.5621, 70.3927, 21.3557)
Luminance	0.7039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD60 #606FEC

analogous

#EC9760 #ECDD60 #B5EC60

triadic

#ECDD60 #60ECDD #DD60EC

tetradic

#ECDD60 #60EC97 #606FEC #EC60B5

square

#ECDD60 #60EC97 #606FEC #EC60B5

split-complementary

#ECDD60 #60B5EC #9760EC

monochromatic

#BBAA16 #E5D129 #ECDD60 #F3E997 #F9F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#ECDD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD60

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD60	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.145 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e792',
    500: '#ecdd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd60;
$custom-light: #f5e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88618,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD60

secondary

#3644BA

accent

#21DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD60

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

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