#ECDD73#ECDD73

#ECDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.128 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD73
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -8.40, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 53.98, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0253 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.128 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5450, 70.7858, 26.5321)
Luminance	0.7078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD73 #7382EC

analogous

#ECA173 #ECDD73 #BFEC73

triadic

#ECDD73 #73ECDD #DD73EC

tetradic

#ECDD73 #73ECA1 #7382EC #EC73BF

square

#ECDD73 #73ECA1 #7382EC #EC73BF

split-complementary

#ECDD73 #73BFEC #A173EC

monochromatic

#C9B41B #E5D03D #ECDD73 #F3EAA9 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#ECDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD73

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD73	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.128 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e79e',
    500: '#ecdd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd73;
$custom-light: #f4e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88832,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD73

secondary

#3F4FC4

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD73

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

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