#ECDD84#ECDD84

#ECDD84 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.111 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD84
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 132)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 44.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -6.86, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 45.91, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0191 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.111 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.6149, 71.2138, 32.1673)
Luminance	0.7121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD84 #8493EC

analogous

#ECA984 #ECDD84 #C7EC84

triadic

#ECDD84 #84ECDD #DD84EC

tetradic

#ECDD84 #84ECA9 #8493EC #EC84C7

square

#ECDD84 #84ECA9 #8493EC #EC84C7

split-complementary

#ECDD84 #84C7EC #A984EC

monochromatic

#D5BB21 #E4CE4F #ECDD84 #F4ECB9 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#ECDD84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD84

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD84	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)

#ECD87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.111 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a9',
    500: '#ecdd84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd84;
$custom-light: #f4e7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89064,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD84

secondary

#4E5FC6

accent

#2DD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD84

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

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