#ECED8D#ECED8D

#ECED8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.119 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED8D
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 141)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.83, -13.93, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.83, 48.37, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.47% -0.0387 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(92.47% 0.119 109)
XYZ	xyz(69.6850, 80.3257, 37.0277)
Luminance	0.8032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED8D #8E8DED

analogous

#EDBE8D #ECED8D #BCED8D

triadic

#ECED8D #8DECED #ED8DEC

tetradic

#ECED8D #8DEDBE #8E8DED #ED8DBC

square

#ECED8D #8DEDBE #8E8DED #ED8DBC

split-complementary

#ECED8D #8DBCED #BE8DED

monochromatic

#DADC23 #E3E558 #ECED8D #F5F5C2 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECED8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#ECED8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED8D

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED8D	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.119 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2b0',
    500: '#eced8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced8d;
$custom-light: #f3f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.625,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9247,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.80324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED8D

secondary

#5756C8

accent

#11D513

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED8D

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

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