#ECDD83#ECDD83

#ECDD83 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.112 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD83
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 131)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 44.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -6.96, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 46.40, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0195 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.112 100)
XYZ	xyz(64.5468, 71.1866, 31.8086)
Luminance	0.7118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD83 #8392EC

analogous

#ECA983 #ECDD83 #C6EC83

triadic

#ECDD83 #83ECDD #DD83EC

tetradic

#ECDD83 #83ECA9 #8392EC #EC83C6

square

#ECDD83 #83ECA9 #8392EC #EC83C6

split-complementary

#ECDD83 #83C6EC #A983EC

monochromatic

#D4BA20 #E4CE4E #ECDD83 #F4ECB8 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#ECDD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD83

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD83	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.112 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a8',
    500: '#ecdd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd83;
$custom-light: #f4e7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89049,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.71184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD83

secondary

#4D5EC6

accent

#2CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD83

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

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