#ECDE53#ECDE53

#ECDE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.156 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE53
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -11.16, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 68.22, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0366 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.156 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.2771, 70.7024, 18.5484)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE53 #5361EC

analogous

#EC9253 #ECDE53 #ADEC53

triadic

#ECDE53 #53ECDE #DE53EC

tetradic

#ECDE53 #53EC92 #5361EC #EC53AD

square

#ECDE53 #53EC92 #5361EC #EC53AD

split-complementary

#ECDE53 #53ADEC #9253EC

monochromatic

#B1A314 #E6D31C #ECDE53 #F2E98A #F8F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#ECDE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE53

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE53	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)

#F1D741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.156 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e88a',
    500: '#ecde53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde53;
$custom-light: #f6e88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.51,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88704,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE53

secondary

#323EB1

accent

#1CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE53

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

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