#ECDD68#ECDD68

#ECDD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD68
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.26, -9.27, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.26, 58.99, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0289 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.9494, 70.5476, 23.3952)
Luminance	0.7055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD68 #6877EC

analogous

#EC9B68 #ECDD68 #B9EC68

triadic

#ECDD68 #68ECDD #DD68EC

tetradic

#ECDD68 #68EC9B #6877EC #EC68B9

square

#ECDD68 #68EC9B #6877EC #EC68B9

split-complementary

#ECDD68 #68B9EC #9B68EC

monochromatic

#C1AE18 #E5D132 #ECDD68 #F3E99E #FAF5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#ECDD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD68

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD68	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e797',
    500: '#ecdd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd68;
$custom-light: #f5e797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88702,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD68

secondary

#3948C0

accent

#23DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD68

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

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