#ECDE95#ECDE95

#ECDE95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.094 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE95
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 149)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -5.58, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 37.97, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0141 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.094 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.1393, 72.2472, 38.8890)
Luminance	0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE95 #95A3EC

analogous

#ECB295 #ECDE95 #CEEC95

triadic

#ECDE95 #95ECDE #DE95EC

tetradic

#ECDE95 #95ECB2 #95A3EC #EC95CE

square

#ECDE95 #95ECB2 #95A3EC #EC95CE

split-complementary

#ECDE95 #95CEEC #B295EC

monochromatic

#D9BE2D #E3CE61 #ECDE95 #F5EEC9 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECDE95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#ECDE95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE95

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE95	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.094 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8b5',
    500: '#ecde95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde95;
$custom-light: #f3e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.345,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89538,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE95

secondary

#5E6FC7

accent

#32D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE95

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

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