#ECDD62#ECDD62

#ECDD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD62
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -9.70, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 61.63, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0308 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6554, 70.4300, 21.8469)
Luminance	0.7043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD62 #6271EC

analogous

#EC9862 #ECDD62 #B6EC62

triadic

#ECDD62 #62ECDD #DD62EC

tetradic

#ECDD62 #62EC98 #6271EC #EC62B6

square

#ECDD62 #62EC98 #6271EC #EC62B6

split-complementary

#ECDD62 #62B6EC #9862EC

monochromatic

#BDAB17 #E5D12B #ECDD62 #F3E999 #F9F5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#ECDD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD62

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD62	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e793',
    500: '#ecdd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd62;
$custom-light: #f5e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88638,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD62

secondary

#3745BC

accent

#21DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD62

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

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