#ECDE4D#ECDE4D

#ECDE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.160 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE4D
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -11.48, 69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 70.55, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0382 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.16 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0554, 70.6137, 17.3808)
Luminance	0.7061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE4D #4D5BEC

analogous

#EC8F4D #ECDE4D #ABEC4D

triadic

#ECDE4D #4DECDE #DE4DEC

tetradic

#ECDE4D #4DEC8F #4D5BEC #EC4DAB

square

#ECDE4D #4DEC8F #4D5BEC #EC4DAB

split-complementary

#ECDE4D #4DABEC #8F4DEC

monochromatic

#AC9F12 #E4D218 #ECDE4D #F2E884 #F8F3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#ECDE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE4D

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE4D	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)

#F1D738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.160 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e887',
    500: '#ecde4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde4d;
$custom-light: #f6e887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.717,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88655,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE4D

secondary

#303BAD

accent

#1BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE4D

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

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