#ECD057#ECD057

#ECD057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD057
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -3.86, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 61.98, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0153 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8709, 63.6356, 18.1970)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD057 #5773EC

analogous

#EC8557 #ECD057 #BDEC57

triadic

#ECD057 #57ECD0 #D057EC

tetradic

#ECD057 #57EC85 #5773EC #EC57BD

square

#ECD057 #57EC85 #5773EC #EC57BD

split-complementary

#ECD057 #57BDEC #8557EC

monochromatic

#B49614 #E6C120 #ECD057 #F2DF8E #F8EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#ECD057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD057

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD057	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8b',
    500: '#ecd057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd057;
$custom-light: #f5de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85886,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD057

secondary

#334BB4

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD057

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →