#ECDE72#ECDE72

#ECDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE72
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.63, -8.99, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.63, 54.82, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0271 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(63.7525, 71.2925, 26.3189)
Luminance	0.7129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE72 #7280EC

analogous

#ECA172 #ECDE72 #BDEC72

triadic

#ECDE72 #72ECDE #DE72EC

tetradic

#ECDE72 #72ECA1 #7280EC #EC72BD

square

#ECDE72 #72ECA1 #7280EC #EC72BD

split-complementary

#ECDE72 #72BDEC #A172EC

monochromatic

#C9B51B #E5D13C #ECDE72 #F3EBA8 #FBF7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#ECDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE72

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE72	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e89d',
    500: '#ecde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde72;
$custom-light: #f4e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89024,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.7129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE72

secondary

#3E4DC4

accent

#24D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE72

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

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