#ECDD6F#ECDD6F

#ECDD6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.132 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD6F
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 111)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -8.73, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 55.82, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0266 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.132 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3198, 70.6957, 25.3461)
Luminance	0.7069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD6F #6F7EEC

analogous

#EC9E6F #ECDD6F #BCEC6F

triadic

#ECDD6F #6FECDD #DD6FEC

tetradic

#ECDD6F #6FEC9E #6F7EEC #EC6FBC

square

#ECDD6F #6FEC9E #6F7EEC #EC6FBC

split-complementary

#ECDD6F #6FBCEC #9E6FEC

monochromatic

#C6B21A #E5D039 #ECDD6F #F3EAA5 #FAF7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#ECDD6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD6F

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD6F	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.132 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e79b',
    500: '#ecdd6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd6f;
$custom-light: #f4e79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88783,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD6F

secondary

#3B4CC4

accent

#25D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD6F

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

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