#ECDD7F#ECDD7F

#ECDD7F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD7F
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 127)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -7.34, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 48.32, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.021 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.2810, 71.0802, 30.4083)
Luminance	0.7108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD7F #7F8EEC

analogous

#ECA67F #ECDD7F #C4EC7F

triadic

#ECDD7F #7FECDD #DD7FEC

tetradic

#ECDD7F #7FECA6 #7F8EEC #EC7FC4

square

#ECDD7F #7FECA6 #7F8EEC #EC7FC4

split-complementary

#ECDD7F #7FC4EC #A67FEC

monochromatic

#D2B91F #E4CF4A #ECDD7F #F4EBB4 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#ECDD7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD7F

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD7F	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a6',
    500: '#ecdd7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd7f;
$custom-light: #f4e7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88992,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD7F

secondary

#4A5BC6

accent

#2BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD7F

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

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