#ECDD80#ECDD80

#ECDD80 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.115 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD80
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 128)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 45.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -7.24, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 47.84, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0206 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.115 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3465, 71.1064, 30.7533)
Luminance	0.7110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD80 #808FEC

analogous

#ECA780 #ECDD80 #C5EC80

triadic

#ECDD80 #80ECDD #DD80EC

tetradic

#ECDD80 #80ECA7 #808FEC #EC80C5

square

#ECDD80 #80ECA7 #808FEC #EC80C5

split-complementary

#ECDD80 #80C5EC #A780EC

monochromatic

#D2B91F #E4CF4B #ECDD80 #F4EBB5 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#ECDD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD80

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD80	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)

#EDD878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.115 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a6',
    500: '#ecdd80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd80;
$custom-light: #f4e7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89006,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD80

secondary

#4B5CC6

accent

#2BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD80

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

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