#ECDD7A#ECDD7A

#ECDD7A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.122 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD7A
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 122)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -7.80, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 50.70, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0228 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.122 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9632, 70.9531, 28.7346)
Luminance	0.7095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD7A #7A89EC

analogous

#ECA47A #ECDD7A #C2EC7A

triadic

#ECDD7A #7AECDD #DD7AEC

tetradic

#ECDD7A #7AECA4 #7A89EC #EC7AC2

square

#ECDD7A #7AECA4 #7A89EC #EC7AC2

split-complementary

#ECDD7A #7AC2EC #A47AEC

monochromatic

#CEB71D #E4CF44 #ECDD7A #F4EBB0 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#ECDD7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD7A

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD7A	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)

#EDD871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.122 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a2',
    500: '#ecdd7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd7a;
$custom-light: #f4e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88923,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD7A

secondary

#4556C5

accent

#29D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD7A

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

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