#ECDD65#ECDD65

#ECDD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.141 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD65
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.24, -9.49, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.24, 60.32, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0299 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.141 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.7997, 70.4877, 22.6069)
Luminance	0.7048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD65 #6574EC

analogous

#EC9965 #ECDD65 #B7EC65

triadic

#ECDD65 #65ECDD #DD65EC

tetradic

#ECDD65 #65EC99 #6574EC #EC65B7

square

#ECDD65 #65EC99 #6574EC #EC65B7

split-complementary

#ECDD65 #65B7EC #9965EC

monochromatic

#BFAC18 #E5D12F #ECDD65 #F3E99B #F9F5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#ECDD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD65

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD65	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.141 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e795',
    500: '#ecdd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd65;
$custom-light: #f5e795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8867,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD65

secondary

#3847BE

accent

#22DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD65

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

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