#ECDE7D#ECDE7D

#ECDE7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.120 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE7D
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 125)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -8.03, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 49.67, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0232 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.12 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.4167, 71.5582, 29.8169)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE7D #7D8BEC

analogous

#ECA67D #ECDE7D #C3EC7D

triadic

#ECDE7D #7DECDE #DE7DEC

tetradic

#ECDE7D #7DECA6 #7D8BEC #EC7DC3

square

#ECDE7D #7DECA6 #7D8BEC #EC7DC3

split-complementary

#ECDE7D #7DC3EC #A67DEC

monochromatic

#D0BA1E #E4D048 #ECDE7D #F4ECB2 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#ECDE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE7D

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE7D	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.120 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8a4',
    500: '#ecde7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde7d;
$custom-light: #f4e8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89167,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE7D

secondary

#4858C5

accent

#28D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE7D

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

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