#ECDD79#ECDD79

#ECDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.123 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD79
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -7.89, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 51.17, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0232 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.123 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9015, 70.9284, 28.4099)
Luminance	0.7093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD79 #7988EC

analogous

#ECA479 #ECDD79 #C1EC79

triadic

#ECDD79 #79ECDD #DD79EC

tetradic

#ECDD79 #79ECA4 #7988EC #EC79C1

square

#ECDD79 #79ECA4 #7988EC #EC79C1

split-complementary

#ECDD79 #79C1EC #A479EC

monochromatic

#CDB61D #E4CF43 #ECDD79 #F4EBAF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#ECDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD79

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD79	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.123 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a2',
    500: '#ecdd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd79;
$custom-light: #f4e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88909,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD79

secondary

#4455C5

accent

#28D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD79

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

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