#ECDD8A#ECDD8A

#ECDD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.105 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD8A
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -6.26, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 42.99, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0169 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.105 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.0374, 71.3828, 34.3921)
Luminance	0.7138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD8A #8A99EC

analogous

#ECAC8A #ECDD8A #CAEC8A

triadic

#ECDD8A #8AECDD #DD8AEC

tetradic

#ECDD8A #8AECAC #8A99EC #EC8ACA

square

#ECDD8A #8AECAC #8A99EC #EC8ACA

split-complementary

#ECDD8A #8ACAEC #AC8AEC

monochromatic

#D8BD23 #E3CE55 #ECDD8A #F5ECBF #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#ECDD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD8A

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD8A	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.105 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e7ad',
    500: '#ecdd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd8a;
$custom-light: #f3e7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89156,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD8A

secondary

#5465C7

accent

#2FD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD8A

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

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