#ECDE98#ECDE98

#ECDE98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.090 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE98
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 35.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -5.24, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 36.48, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0129 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.09 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.3819, 72.3443, 40.1667)
Luminance	0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE98 #98A6EC

analogous

#ECB498 #ECDE98 #D0EC98

triadic

#ECDE98 #98ECDE #DE98EC

tetradic

#ECDE98 #98ECB4 #98A6EC #EC98D0

square

#ECDE98 #98ECB4 #98A6EC #EC98D0

split-complementary

#ECDE98 #98D0EC #B498EC

monochromatic

#D9BD31 #E2CD64 #ECDE98 #F6EFCC #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECDE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#ECDE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE98

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE98	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.090 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8b7',
    500: '#ecde98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde98;
$custom-light: #f3e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 68.852,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8959,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE98

secondary

#6172C8

accent

#34D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE98

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

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