#ECD05A#ECD05A

#ECD05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.140 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD05A
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -3.67, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 60.70, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0145 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.14 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9960, 63.6856, 18.8559)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD05A #5A76EC

analogous

#EC875A #ECD05A #BFEC5A

triadic

#ECD05A #5AECD0 #D05AEC

tetradic

#ECD05A #5AEC87 #5A76EC #EC5ABF

square

#ECD05A #5AEC87 #5A76EC #EC5ABF

split-complementary

#ECD05A #5ABFEC #875AEC

monochromatic

#B79815 #E6C023 #ECD05A #F2E091 #F9EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#ECD05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD05A

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD05A	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.140 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8d',
    500: '#ecd05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd05a;
$custom-light: #f5de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85915,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD05A

secondary

#344DB6

accent

#32DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD05A

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

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