#ECDD99#ECDD99

#ECDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.088 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD99
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -4.62, 35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 35.58, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0111 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.088 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.1993, 71.8475, 40.5116)
Luminance	0.7185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD99 #99A8EC

analogous

#ECB499 #ECDD99 #D2EC99

triadic

#ECDD99 #99ECDD #DD99EC

tetradic

#ECDD99 #99ECB4 #99A8EC #EC99D2

square

#ECDD99 #99ECB4 #99A8EC #EC99D2

split-complementary

#ECDD99 #99D2EC #B499EC

monochromatic

#D9BB32 #E2CC65 #ECDD99 #F6EECD #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#ECDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD99

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD99	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.088 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e7b7',
    500: '#ecdd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd99;
$custom-light: #f3e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89406,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD99

secondary

#6274C8

accent

#37D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD99

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

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