#ECDD75#ECDD75

#ECDD75 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.127 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD75
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -8.23, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 53.05, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0246 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.127 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.6613, 70.8323, 27.1448)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD75 #7584EC

analogous

#ECA275 #ECDD75 #C0EC75

triadic

#ECDD75 #75ECDD #DD75EC

tetradic

#ECDD75 #75ECA2 #7584EC #EC75C0

square

#ECDD75 #75ECA2 #7584EC #EC75C0

split-complementary

#ECDD75 #75C0EC #A275EC

monochromatic

#CBB51C #E5D03F #ECDD75 #F3EAAB #FBF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#ECDD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD75

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD75	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.127 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e79f',
    500: '#ecdd75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd75;
$custom-light: #f4e79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88857,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD75

secondary

#4151C5

accent

#27D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD75

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

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