#ECDE8D#ECDE8D

#ECDE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.103 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE8D
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -6.45, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 41.92, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0172 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.103 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5224, 72.0005, 35.6401)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE8D #8D9BEC

analogous

#ECAF8D #ECDE8D #CBEC8D

triadic

#ECDE8D #8DECDE #DE8DEC

tetradic

#ECDE8D #8DECAF #8D9BEC #EC8DCB

square

#ECDE8D #8DECAF #8D9BEC #EC8DCB

split-complementary

#ECDE8D #8DCBEC #AF8DEC

monochromatic

#DABF24 #E3CF59 #ECDE8D #F5EDC1 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECDE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#ECDE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE8D

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE8D	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.103 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8af',
    500: '#ecde8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde8d;
$custom-light: #f3e8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89405,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE8D

secondary

#5667C7

accent

#2FD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE8D

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

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