#ECDD81#ECDD81

#ECDD81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.114 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD81
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -7.15, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 47.36, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0203 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.114 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.4126, 71.1329, 31.1016)
Luminance	0.7113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD81 #8190EC

analogous

#ECA881 #ECDD81 #C6EC81

triadic

#ECDD81 #81ECDD #DD81EC

tetradic

#ECDD81 #81ECA8 #8190EC #EC81C6

square

#ECDD81 #81ECA8 #8190EC #EC81C6

split-complementary

#ECDD81 #81C6EC #A881EC

monochromatic

#D3BA20 #E4CF4C #ECDD81 #F4EBB6 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#ECDD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD81

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD81	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.114 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a7',
    500: '#ecdd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd81;
$custom-light: #f4e7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8902,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD81

secondary

#4B5DC6

accent

#2BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD81

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

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