#ECDE79#ECDE79

#ECDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.124 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE79
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -8.39, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 51.56, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0246 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.124 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1663, 71.4580, 28.4982)
Luminance	0.7146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE79 #7987EC

analogous

#ECA579 #ECDE79 #C0EC79

triadic

#ECDE79 #79ECDE #DE79EC

tetradic

#ECDE79 #79ECA5 #7987EC #EC79C0

square

#ECDE79 #79ECA5 #7987EC #EC79C0

split-complementary

#ECDE79 #79C0EC #A579EC

monochromatic

#CDB81D #E4D143 #ECDE79 #F4EBAF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#ECDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE79

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE79	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.124 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8a2',
    500: '#ecde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde79;
$custom-light: #f4e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89113,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE79

secondary

#4454C5

accent

#27D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE79

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

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