#ECDD6D#ECDD6D

#ECDD6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD6D
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.32, -8.89, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.32, 56.74, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0273 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2109, 70.6522, 24.7726)
Luminance	0.7065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD6D #6D7CEC

analogous

#EC9D6D #ECDD6D #BCEC6D

triadic

#ECDD6D #6DECDD #DD6DEC

tetradic

#ECDD6D #6DEC9D #6D7CEC #EC6DBC

square

#ECDD6D #6DEC9D #6D7CEC #EC6DBC

split-complementary

#ECDD6D #6DBCEC #9D6DEC

monochromatic

#C5B11A #E5D037 #ECDD6D #F3EAA3 #FAF6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#ECDD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD6D

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD6D	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e79a',
    500: '#ecdd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd6d;
$custom-light: #f5e79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88759,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD6D

secondary

#3A4BC3

accent

#25D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD6D

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

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