#ECDE97#ECDE97

#ECDE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.091 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE97
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -5.35, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 36.98, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0133 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.091 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.3003, 72.3116, 39.7372)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE97 #97A5EC

analogous

#ECB397 #ECDE97 #CFEC97

triadic

#ECDE97 #97ECDE #DE97EC

tetradic

#ECDE97 #97ECB3 #97A5EC #EC97CF

square

#ECDE97 #97ECB3 #97A5EC #EC97CF

split-complementary

#ECDE97 #97CFEC #B397EC

monochromatic

#D9BD30 #E3CE63 #ECDE97 #F5EECB #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECDE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#ECDE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE97

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE97	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.091 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8b6',
    500: '#ecde97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde97;
$custom-light: #f3e8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89573,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE97

secondary

#6071C8

accent

#33D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE97

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

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