#ECDE52#ECDE52

#ECDE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.157 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE52
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -11.21, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 68.62, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0369 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.157 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.2388, 70.6870, 18.3465)
Luminance	0.7068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE52 #5260EC

analogous

#EC9152 #ECDE52 #ADEC52

triadic

#ECDE52 #52ECDE #DE52EC

tetradic

#ECDE52 #52EC91 #5260EC #EC52AD

square

#ECDE52 #52EC91 #5260EC #EC52AD

split-complementary

#ECDE52 #52ADEC #9152EC

monochromatic

#B0A213 #E6D31B #ECDE52 #F2E989 #F8F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#ECDE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE52

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE52	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.157 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e889',
    500: '#ecde52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde52;
$custom-light: #f6e889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88695,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE52

secondary

#323DB1

accent

#1CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE52

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

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