#ECDE5F#ECDE5F

#ECDE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.147 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE5F
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -10.41, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 63.28, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0332 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.147 103)
XYZ	xyz(62.7812, 70.9040, 21.2031)
Luminance	0.7090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE5F #5F6DEC

analogous

#EC985F #ECDE5F #B3EC5F

triadic

#ECDE5F #5FECDE #DE5FEC

tetradic

#ECDE5F #5FEC98 #5F6DEC #EC5FB3

square

#ECDE5F #5FEC98 #5F6DEC #EC5FB3

split-complementary

#ECDE5F #5FB3EC #985FEC

monochromatic

#BAAA16 #E6D328 #ECDE5F #F2E996 #F9F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#ECDE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE5F

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE5F	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)

#F0D751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.147 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e891',
    500: '#ecde5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde5f;
$custom-light: #f5e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88813,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.70902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE5F

secondary

#3643BA

accent

#1FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE5F

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

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