#ECDE76#ECDE76

#ECDE76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE76
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 118)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -8.65, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 52.97, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0257 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9852, 71.3856, 27.5443)
Luminance	0.7138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE76 #7684EC

analogous

#ECA376 #ECDE76 #BFEC76

triadic

#ECDE76 #76ECDE #DE76EC

tetradic

#ECDE76 #76ECA3 #7684EC #EC76BF

square

#ECDE76 #76ECA3 #7684EC #EC76BF

split-complementary

#ECDE76 #76BFEC #A376EC

monochromatic

#CBB71C #E5D140 #ECDE76 #F3EBAC #FBF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#ECDE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE76

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE76	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8a0',
    500: '#ecde76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde76;
$custom-light: #f4e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 75.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89074,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE76

secondary

#4151C5

accent

#26D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE76

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

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