#ECDE5C#ECDE5C

#ECDE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.149 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE5C
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -10.61, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 64.55, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0341 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.15 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.6474, 70.8505, 20.4987)
Luminance	0.7085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE5C #5C6AEC

analogous

#EC965C #ECDE5C #B2EC5C

triadic

#ECDE5C #5CECDE #DE5CEC

tetradic

#ECDE5C #5CEC96 #5C6AEC #EC5CB2

square

#ECDE5C #5CEC96 #5C6AEC #EC5CB2

split-complementary

#ECDE5C #5CB2EC #965CEC

monochromatic

#B8A815 #E6D325 #ECDE5C #F2E993 #F9F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#ECDE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE5C

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE5C	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.149 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e88f',
    500: '#ecde5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde5c;
$custom-light: #f5e88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88784,
    "c": 0.1495,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE5C

secondary

#3541B8

accent

#1EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE5C

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

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