#ECDE74#ECDE74

#ECDE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE74
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -8.82, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 53.90, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0264 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8676, 71.3386, 26.9250)
Luminance	0.7134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE74 #7482EC

analogous

#ECA274 #ECDE74 #BEEC74

triadic

#ECDE74 #74ECDE #DE74EC

tetradic

#ECDE74 #74ECA2 #7482EC #EC74BE

square

#ECDE74 #74ECA2 #7482EC #EC74BE

split-complementary

#ECDE74 #74BEEC #A274EC

monochromatic

#CAB61C #E5D13E #ECDE74 #F3EBAA #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#ECDE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE74

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE74	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e89e',
    500: '#ecde74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde74;
$custom-light: #f4e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89048,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE74

secondary

#404FC5

accent

#25D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE74

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

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