#ECDE5A#ECDE5A

#ECDE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.151 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE5A
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -10.73, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 65.38, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0347 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.151 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.5612, 70.8160, 20.0443)
Luminance	0.7081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE5A #5A68EC

analogous

#EC955A #ECDE5A #B1EC5A

triadic

#ECDE5A #5AECDE #DE5AEC

tetradic

#ECDE5A #5AEC95 #5A68EC #EC5AB1

square

#ECDE5A #5AEC95 #5A68EC #EC5AB1

split-complementary

#ECDE5A #5AB1EC #955AEC

monochromatic

#B7A715 #E6D323 #ECDE5A #F2E991 #F9F4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#ECDE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE5A

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE5A	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.151 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e88e',
    500: '#ecde5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde5a;
$custom-light: #f5e88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88765,
    "c": 0.15107,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE5A

secondary

#3441B6

accent

#1EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE5A

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

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