#ECDD72#ECDD72

#ECDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD72
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, -8.49, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 54.44, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0256 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4877, 70.7629, 26.2307)
Luminance	0.7076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD72 #7281EC

analogous

#ECA072 #ECDD72 #BEEC72

triadic

#ECDD72 #72ECDD #DD72EC

tetradic

#ECDD72 #72ECA0 #7281EC #EC72BE

square

#ECDD72 #72ECA0 #7281EC #EC72BE

split-complementary

#ECDD72 #72BEEC #A072EC

monochromatic

#C9B31B #E5D03C #ECDD72 #F3EAA8 #FBF7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#ECDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD72

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD72	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)

#EED768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e79d',
    500: '#ecdd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd72;
$custom-light: #f4e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88819,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD72

secondary

#3E4EC4

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD72

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

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