#ECDD71#ECDD71

#ECDD71 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD71
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -8.57, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 54.91, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.026 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.4311, 70.7403, 25.9325)
Luminance	0.7074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD71 #7180EC

analogous

#EC9F71 #ECDD71 #BDEC71

triadic

#ECDD71 #71ECDD #DD71EC

tetradic

#ECDD71 #71EC9F #7180EC #EC71BD

square

#ECDD71 #71EC9F #7180EC #EC71BD

split-complementary

#ECDD71 #71BDEC #9F71EC

monochromatic

#C8B31B #E5D03B #ECDD71 #F3EAA7 #FAF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#ECDD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD71

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD71	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e79c',
    500: '#ecdd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd71;
$custom-light: #f4e79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88807,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD71

secondary

#3D4DC4

accent

#26D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD71

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

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