#ECDE86#ECDE86

#ECDE86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.110 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE86
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -7.17, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 45.34, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0199 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.11 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.0179, 71.7987, 32.9833)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE86 #8694EC

analogous

#ECAB86 #ECDE86 #C7EC86

triadic

#ECDE86 #86ECDE #DE86EC

tetradic

#ECDE86 #86ECAB #8694EC #EC86C7

square

#ECDE86 #86ECAB #8694EC #EC86C7

split-complementary

#ECDE86 #86C7EC #AB86EC

monochromatic

#D6BD22 #E4D051 #ECDE86 #F4ECBB #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#ECDE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE86

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE86	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.110 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8aa',
    500: '#ecde86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde86;
$custom-light: #f4e8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89297,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE86

secondary

#5060C6

accent

#2CD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE86

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

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