#ECDD7E#ECDD7E

#ECDD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD7E
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -7.43, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 48.80, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0214 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.2161, 71.0543, 30.0668)
Luminance	0.7105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD7E #7E8DEC

analogous

#ECA67E #ECDD7E #C4EC7E

triadic

#ECDD7E #7EECDD #DD7EEC

tetradic

#ECDD7E #7EECA6 #7E8DEC #EC7EC4

square

#ECDD7E #7EECA6 #7E8DEC #EC7EC4

split-complementary

#ECDD7E #7EC4EC #A67EEC

monochromatic

#D1B91F #E4CF49 #ECDD7E #F4EBB3 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#ECDD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD7E

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD7E	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)

#EDD876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a5',
    500: '#ecdd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd7e;
$custom-light: #f4e7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88978,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD7E

secondary

#495AC5

accent

#2AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD7E

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

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