#ECDE65#ECDE65

#ECDE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.142 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE65
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, -9.99, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 60.68, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0313 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.142 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0645, 71.0173, 22.6952)
Luminance	0.7101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE65 #6573EC

analogous

#EC9A65 #ECDE65 #B6EC65

triadic

#ECDE65 #65ECDE #DE65EC

tetradic

#ECDE65 #65EC9A #6573EC #EC65B6

square

#ECDE65 #65EC9A #6573EC #EC65B6

split-complementary

#ECDE65 #65B6EC #9A65EC

monochromatic

#BFAE18 #E5D22F #ECDE65 #F3EA9B #F9F5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#ECDE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE65

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE65	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.142 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e895',
    500: '#ecde65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde65;
$custom-light: #f5e895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88874,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE65

secondary

#3846BE

accent

#21DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE65

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

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