#ECD04F#ECD04F

#ECD04F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.148 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD04F
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -4.33, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 65.28, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0176 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.148 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.5620, 63.5120, 16.5700)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD04F #4F6BEC

analogous

#EC814F #ECD04F #BAEC4F

triadic

#ECD04F #4FECD0 #D04FEC

tetradic

#ECD04F #4FEC81 #4F6BEC #EC4FBA

square

#ECD04F #4FEC81 #4F6BEC #EC4FBA

split-complementary

#ECD04F #4FBAEC #814FEC

monochromatic

#AE9213 #E5C119 #ECD04F #F2DF86 #F8EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#ECD04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD04F

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD04F	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)

#E4CB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.148 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de87',
    500: '#ecd04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd04f;
$custom-light: #f6de87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.299,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85815,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD04F

secondary

#3147AE

accent

#2EDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD04F

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

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