#ECDE99#ECDE99

#ECDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.089 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE99
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -5.12, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 35.98, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0125 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.089 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4641, 72.3772, 40.5999)
Luminance	0.7238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE99 #99A7EC

analogous

#ECB599 #ECDE99 #D1EC99

triadic

#ECDE99 #99ECDE #DE99EC

tetradic

#ECDE99 #99ECB5 #99A7EC #EC99D1

square

#ECDE99 #99ECB5 #99A7EC #EC99D1

split-complementary

#ECDE99 #99D1EC #B599EC

monochromatic

#D9BD32 #E2CD65 #ECDE99 #F6EFCD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#ECDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE99

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE99	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.089 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8b7',
    500: '#ecde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde99;
$custom-light: #f3e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.88,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89608,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE99

secondary

#6273C8

accent

#35D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE99

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

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