#ECDD98#ECDD98

#ECDD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.089 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD98
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 35.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -4.73, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 36.08, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0115 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.089 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.1171, 71.8146, 40.0784)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD98 #98A7EC

analogous

#ECB398 #ECDD98 #D1EC98

triadic

#ECDD98 #98ECDD #DD98EC

tetradic

#ECDD98 #98ECB3 #98A7EC #EC98D1

square

#ECDD98 #98ECB3 #98A7EC #EC98D1

split-complementary

#ECDD98 #98D1EC #B398EC

monochromatic

#D9BB31 #E2CC64 #ECDD98 #F6EECC #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#ECDD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD98

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD98	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.089 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e7b7',
    500: '#ecdd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd98;
$custom-light: #f3e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 68.852,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89389,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD98

secondary

#6173C8

accent

#36D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD98

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

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