#ECD056#ECD056

#ECD056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.143 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD056
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -3.92, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 62.40, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0156 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.143 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8303, 63.6194, 17.9833)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD056 #5672EC

analogous

#EC8556 #ECD056 #BDEC56

triadic

#ECD056 #56ECD0 #D056EC

tetradic

#ECD056 #56EC85 #5672EC #EC56BD

square

#ECD056 #56EC85 #5672EC #EC56BD

split-complementary

#ECD056 #56BDEC #8556EC

monochromatic

#B39614 #E6C11F #ECD056 #F2DF8D #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#ECD056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD056

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD056	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)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.143 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8b',
    500: '#ecd056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd056;
$custom-light: #f6de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85877,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD056

secondary

#334BB3

accent

#31DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD056

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

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