#ECDF8B#ECDF8B

#ECDF8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.106 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDF8B
RGB	rgb(236, 223, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -7.16, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 43.30, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0194 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.106 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.6413, 72.4742, 34.9522)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDF8B #8B98EC

analogous

#ECAE8B #ECDF8B #C8EC8B

triadic

#ECDF8B #8BECDF #DF8BEC

tetradic

#ECDF8B #8BECAE #8B98EC #EC8BC8

square

#ECDF8B #8BECAE #8B98EC #EC8BC8

split-complementary

#ECDF8B #8BC8EC #AE8BEC

monochromatic

#D9C124 #E3D056 #ECDF8B #F5EEC0 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECDF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#ECDF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDF8B

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDF8B	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 223, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.106 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8ae',
    500: '#ecdf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdf8b;
$custom-light: #f3e8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89576,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDF8B

secondary

#5564C7

accent

#2CD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDF8B

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

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