#ECDE73#ECDE73

#ECDE73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.129 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE73
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -8.90, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 54.36, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0267 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.129 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8098, 71.3154, 26.6204)
Luminance	0.7131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE73 #7381EC

analogous

#ECA273 #ECDE73 #BEEC73

triadic

#ECDE73 #73ECDE #DE73EC

tetradic

#ECDE73 #73ECA2 #7381EC #EC73BE

square

#ECDE73 #73ECA2 #7381EC #EC73BE

split-complementary

#ECDE73 #73BEEC #A273EC

monochromatic

#C9B51B #E5D13D #ECDE73 #F3EBA9 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#ECDE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE73

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE73	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)

#EFD869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.129 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e89e',
    500: '#ecde73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde73;
$custom-light: #f4e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89036,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE73

secondary

#3F4EC4

accent

#25D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE73

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

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