#ECDD6E#ECDD6E

#ECDD6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD6E
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -8.81, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 56.28, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.027 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2650, 70.6738, 25.0577)
Luminance	0.7067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD6E #6E7DEC

analogous

#EC9E6E #ECDD6E #BCEC6E

triadic

#ECDD6E #6EECDD #DD6EEC

tetradic

#ECDD6E #6EEC9E #6E7DEC #EC6EBC

square

#ECDD6E #6EEC9E #6E7DEC #EC6EBC

split-complementary

#ECDD6E #6EBCEC #9E6EEC

monochromatic

#C6B11A #E5D038 #ECDD6E #F3EAA4 #FAF6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#ECDD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD6E

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD6E	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)

#EED763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e79a',
    500: '#ecdd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd6e;
$custom-light: #f5e79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88771,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD6E

secondary

#3B4BC3

accent

#25D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD6E

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

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