#ECDD6A#ECDD6A

#ECDD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.137 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD6A
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -9.12, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 58.09, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0283 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.137 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.0521, 70.5887, 23.9366)
Luminance	0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD6A #6A79EC

analogous

#EC9C6A #ECDD6A #BAEC6A

triadic

#ECDD6A #6AECDD #DD6AEC

tetradic

#ECDD6A #6AEC9C #6A79EC #EC6ABA

square

#ECDD6A #6AEC9C #6A79EC #EC6ABA

split-complementary

#ECDD6A #6ABAEC #9C6AEC

monochromatic

#C3AF19 #E5D134 #ECDD6A #F3E9A0 #FAF6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#ECDD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD6A

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD6A	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.137 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e798',
    500: '#ecdd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd6a;
$custom-light: #f5e798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88725,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD6A

secondary

#3949C1

accent

#24DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD6A

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

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