#ECDE6B#ECDE6B

#ECDE6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.137 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE6B
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -9.55, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 58.01, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0294 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.137 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3693, 71.1392, 24.3003)
Luminance	0.7114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE6B #6B79EC

analogous

#EC9D6B #ECDE6B #BAEC6B

triadic

#ECDE6B #6BECDE #DE6BEC

tetradic

#ECDE6B #6BEC9D #6B79EC #EC6BBA

square

#ECDE6B #6BEC9D #6B79EC #EC6BBA

split-complementary

#ECDE6B #6BBAEC #9D6BEC

monochromatic

#C4B119 #E5D235 #ECDE6B #F3EAA1 #FAF6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#ECDE6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE6B

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE6B	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.137 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e899',
    500: '#ecde6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde6b;
$custom-light: #f5e899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88941,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE6B

secondary

#3A48C2

accent

#22D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE6B

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

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