#ECDE8A#ECDE8A

#ECDE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.106 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE8A
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -6.76, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 43.39, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0184 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.106 100)
XYZ	xyz(65.3022, 71.9124, 34.4804)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE8A #8A98EC

analogous

#ECAD8A #ECDE8A #C9EC8A

triadic

#ECDE8A #8AECDE #DE8AEC

tetradic

#ECDE8A #8AECAD #8A98EC #EC8AC9

square

#ECDE8A #8AECAD #8A98EC #EC8AC9

split-complementary

#ECDE8A #8AC9EC #AD8AEC

monochromatic

#D8BF23 #E3CF55 #ECDE8A #F5EDBF #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#ECDE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE8A

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE8A	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)

#EDD984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.106 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8ad',
    500: '#ecde8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde8a;
$custom-light: #f3e8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89358,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.7191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE8A

secondary

#5464C7

accent

#2DD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE8A

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

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