#ECD055#ECD055

#ECD055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.143 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD055
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -3.98, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 62.82, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0159 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.143 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7903, 63.6034, 17.7726)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD055 #5571EC

analogous

#EC8455 #ECD055 #BDEC55

triadic

#ECD055 #55ECD0 #D055EC

tetradic

#ECD055 #55EC84 #5571EC #EC55BD

square

#ECD055 #55EC84 #5571EC #EC55BD

split-complementary

#ECD055 #55BDEC #8455EC

monochromatic

#B39514 #E6C11E #ECD055 #F2DF8C #F8EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#ECD055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD055

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD055	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.143 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8a',
    500: '#ecd055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd055;
$custom-light: #f6de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85868,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD055

secondary

#334AB3

accent

#30DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD055

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

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