#ECDD7D#ECDD7D

#ECDD7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD7D
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 125)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.50, -7.52, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.50, 49.28, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0217 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.1519, 71.0286, 29.7287)
Luminance	0.7103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD7D #7D8CEC

analogous

#ECA57D #ECDD7D #C3EC7D

triadic

#ECDD7D #7DECDD #DD7DEC

tetradic

#ECDD7D #7DECA5 #7D8CEC #EC7DC3

square

#ECDD7D #7DECA5 #7D8CEC #EC7DC3

split-complementary

#ECDD7D #7DC3EC #A57DEC

monochromatic

#D0B81E #E4CF48 #ECDD7D #F4EBB2 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#ECDD7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD7D

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD7D	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a4',
    500: '#ecdd7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd7d;
$custom-light: #f4e7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88964,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD7D

secondary

#4859C5

accent

#2AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD7D

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

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