#ECDE5E#ECDE5E

#ECDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE5E
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -10.48, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 63.70, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0335 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.7360, 70.8859, 20.9652)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE5E #5E6CEC

analogous

#EC975E #ECDE5E #B3EC5E

triadic

#ECDE5E #5EECDE #DE5EEC

tetradic

#ECDE5E #5EEC97 #5E6CEC #EC5EB3

square

#ECDE5E #5EEC97 #5E6CEC #EC5EB3

split-complementary

#ECDE5E #5EB3EC #975EEC

monochromatic

#BAAA16 #E6D327 #ECDE5E #F2E995 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#ECDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE5E

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE5E	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e890',
    500: '#ecde5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde5e;
$custom-light: #f5e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88803,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE5E

secondary

#3542B9

accent

#1FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE5E

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

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