#ECDD85#ECDD85

#ECDD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.110 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD85
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -6.76, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 45.43, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0188 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.11 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.6837, 71.2413, 32.5294)
Luminance	0.7124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD85 #8594EC

analogous

#ECA985 #ECDD85 #C8EC85

triadic

#ECDD85 #85ECDD #DD85EC

tetradic

#ECDD85 #85ECA9 #8594EC #EC85C8

square

#ECDD85 #85ECA9 #8594EC #EC85C8

split-complementary

#ECDD85 #85C8EC #A985EC

monochromatic

#D5BB21 #E4CE50 #ECDD85 #F4ECBA #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#ECDD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD85

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD85	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.110 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7aa',
    500: '#ecdd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd85;
$custom-light: #f4e7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89079,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD85

secondary

#4F60C6

accent

#2DD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD85

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

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