#ECDE7E#ECDE7E

#ECDE7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE7E
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -7.94, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 49.19, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0228 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.119 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.4809, 71.5839, 30.1551)
Luminance	0.7158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE7E #7E8CEC

analogous

#ECA77E #ECDE7E #C3EC7E

triadic

#ECDE7E #7EECDE #DE7EEC

tetradic

#ECDE7E #7EECA7 #7E8CEC #EC7EC3

square

#ECDE7E #7EECA7 #7E8CEC #EC7EC3

split-complementary

#ECDE7E #7EC3EC #A77EEC

monochromatic

#D1BA1F #E4D049 #ECDE7E #F4ECB3 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#ECDE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE7E

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE7E	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8a5',
    500: '#ecde7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde7e;
$custom-light: #f4e8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89181,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE7E

secondary

#4959C5

accent

#28D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE7E

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

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