#ECDE87#ECDE87

#ECDE87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.109 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE87
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -7.07, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 44.85, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0195 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.109 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.0880, 71.8267, 33.3523)
Luminance	0.7183 (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

#ECDE87 #8795EC

analogous

#ECAB87 #ECDE87 #C8EC87

triadic

#ECDE87 #87ECDE #DE87EC

tetradic

#ECDE87 #87ECAB #8795EC #EC87C8

square

#ECDE87 #87ECAB #8795EC #EC87C8

split-complementary

#ECDE87 #87C8EC #AB87EC

monochromatic

#D7BE22 #E4CF52 #ECDE87 #F4EDBC #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#ECDE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE87

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE87	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.109 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8ab',
    500: '#ecde87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde87;
$custom-light: #f4e8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89312,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE87

secondary

#5161C6

accent

#2CD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE87

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

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