#ECDE89#ECDE89

#ECDE89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.107 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE89
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -6.86, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 43.88, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0187 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.107 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2301, 71.8836, 34.1009)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE89 #8997EC

analogous

#ECAC89 #ECDE89 #C8EC89

triadic

#ECDE89 #89ECDE #DE89EC

tetradic

#ECDE89 #89ECAC #8997EC #EC89C8

square

#ECDE89 #89ECAC #8997EC #EC89C8

split-complementary

#ECDE89 #89C8EC #AC89EC

monochromatic

#D8BE23 #E4CF54 #ECDE89 #F4EDBE #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#ECDE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE89

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE89	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.107 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8ac',
    500: '#ecde89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde89;
$custom-light: #f4e8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89343,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE89

secondary

#5363C6

accent

#2DD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE89

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

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