#ECED8A#ECED8A

#ECED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.122 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED8A
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.79, -14.24, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.79, 49.80, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.0398 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.122 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.4648, 80.2377, 35.8680)
Luminance	0.8024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED8A #8B8AED

analogous

#EDBC8A #ECED8A #BAED8A

triadic

#ECED8A #8AECED #ED8AEC

tetradic

#ECED8A #8AEDBC #8B8AED #ED8ABA

square

#ECED8A #8AEDBC #8B8AED #ED8ABA

split-complementary

#ECED8A #8ABAED #BC8AED

monochromatic

#D9DB22 #E3E555 #ECED8A #F5F5BF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#ECED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED8A

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED8A	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.122 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ae',
    500: '#eced8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced8a;
$custom-light: #f4f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.606,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92426,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED8A

secondary

#5553C8

accent

#10D512

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED8A

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

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