#ECDD70#ECDD70

#ECDD70 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD70
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -8.65, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 55.36, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0263 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3751, 70.7179, 25.6377)
Luminance	0.7072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD70 #707FEC

analogous

#EC9F70 #ECDD70 #BDEC70

triadic

#ECDD70 #70ECDD #DD70EC

tetradic

#ECDD70 #70EC9F #707FEC #EC70BD

square

#ECDD70 #70EC9F #707FEC #EC70BD

split-complementary

#ECDD70 #70BDEC #9F70EC

monochromatic

#C7B21A #E5D03A #ECDD70 #F3EAA6 #FAF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#ECDD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD70

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD70	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)

#EED766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e79c',
    500: '#ecdd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd70;
$custom-light: #f4e79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88795,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD70

secondary

#3C4DC4

accent

#25D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD70

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

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