#ECDE5D#ECDE5D

#ECDE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.149 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE5D
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -10.54, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 64.13, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0338 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.149 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.6914, 70.8681, 20.7304)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE5D #5D6BEC

analogous

#EC975D #ECDE5D #B3EC5D

triadic

#ECDE5D #5DECDE #DE5DEC

tetradic

#ECDE5D #5DEC97 #5D6BEC #EC5DB3

square

#ECDE5D #5DEC97 #5D6BEC #EC5DB3

split-complementary

#ECDE5D #5DB3EC #975DEC

monochromatic

#B9A916 #E6D326 #ECDE5D #F2E994 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#ECDE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE5D

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE5D	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)

#F0D74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.149 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e890',
    500: '#ecde5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde5d;
$custom-light: #f5e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88794,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE5D

secondary

#3542B8

accent

#1FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE5D

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

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