#ECD04D#ECD04D

#ECD04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.149 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD04D
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -4.43, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 66.08, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0181 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.149 97)
XYZ	xyz(58.4903, 63.4834, 16.1924)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD04D #4D69EC

analogous

#EC814D #ECD04D #B9EC4D

triadic

#ECD04D #4DECD0 #D04DEC

tetradic

#ECD04D #4DEC81 #4D69EC #EC4DB9

square

#ECD04D #4DEC81 #4D69EC #EC4DB9

split-complementary

#ECD04D #4DB9EC #814DEC

monochromatic

#AC9112 #E4C018 #ECD04D #F2DF84 #F8EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#ECD04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD04D

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD04D	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.149 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de85',
    500: '#ecd04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd04d;
$custom-light: #f6de85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.434,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85798,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.6348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD04D

secondary

#3046AD

accent

#2EDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD04D

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

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