#ECDE85#ECDE85

#ECDE85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.111 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE85
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -7.27, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 45.82, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0202 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.111 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9485, 71.7709, 32.6177)
Luminance	0.7177 (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

#ECDE85 #8593EC

analogous

#ECAB85 #ECDE85 #C6EC85

triadic

#ECDE85 #85ECDE #DE85EC

tetradic

#ECDE85 #85ECAB #8593EC #EC85C6

square

#ECDE85 #85ECAB #8593EC #EC85C6

split-complementary

#ECDE85 #85C6EC #AB85EC

monochromatic

#D5BD21 #E4D050 #ECDE85 #F4ECBA #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#ECDE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE85

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE85	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.111 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8aa',
    500: '#ecde85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde85;
$custom-light: #f4e8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89282,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE85

secondary

#4F5FC6

accent

#2BD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE85

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

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