#ECDE4B#ECDE4B

#ECDE4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.162 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE4B
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -11.59, 70.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 71.30, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0387 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.162 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9859, 70.5859, 17.0146)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE4B #4B59EC

analogous

#EC8D4B #ECDE4B #A9EC4B

triadic

#ECDE4B #4BECDE #DE4BEC

tetradic

#ECDE4B #4BEC8D #4B59EC #EC4BA9

square

#ECDE4B #4BEC8D #4B59EC #EC4BA9

split-complementary

#ECDE4B #4BA9EC #8D4BEC

monochromatic

#AB9D12 #E2D018 #ECDE4B #F2E882 #F8F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#ECDE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE4B

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE4B	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.162 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e785',
    500: '#ecde4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde4b;
$custom-light: #f6e785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8864,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE4B

secondary

#303AAC

accent

#1BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE4B

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

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