#ECDD74#ECDD74

#ECDD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD74
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -8.32, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 53.52, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0249 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6028, 70.8089, 26.8368)
Luminance	0.7081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD74 #7483EC

analogous

#ECA174 #ECDD74 #BFEC74

triadic

#ECDD74 #74ECDD #DD74EC

tetradic

#ECDD74 #74ECA1 #7483EC #EC74BF

square

#ECDD74 #74ECA1 #7483EC #EC74BF

split-complementary

#ECDD74 #74BFEC #A174EC

monochromatic

#CAB41C #E5D03E #ECDD74 #F3EAAA #FBF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#ECDD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD74

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD74	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)

#EED76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e79e',
    500: '#ecdd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd74;
$custom-light: #f4e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88844,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD74

secondary

#4050C5

accent

#27D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD74

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

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