#ECDD95#ECDD95

#ECDD95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.093 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD95
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 149)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -5.07, 37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 37.57, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0126 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.093 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8745, 71.7176, 38.8008)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD95 #95A4EC

analogous

#ECB195 #ECDD95 #CFEC95

triadic

#ECDD95 #95ECDD #DD95EC

tetradic

#ECDD95 #95ECB1 #95A4EC #EC95CF

square

#ECDD95 #95ECB1 #95A4EC #EC95CF

split-complementary

#ECDD95 #95CFEC #B195EC

monochromatic

#D9BC2D #E3CC61 #ECDD95 #F5EEC9 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDD95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#ECDD95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD95

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD95	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.093 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e7b5',
    500: '#ecdd95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd95;
$custom-light: #f3e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89336,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD95

secondary

#5E70C7

accent

#35D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD95

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

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