#ECD05B#ECD05B

#ECD05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.139 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD05B
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -3.60, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 60.27, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0142 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.139 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0388, 63.7028, 19.0816)
Luminance	0.6370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD05B #5B77EC

analogous

#EC885B #ECD05B #C0EC5B

triadic

#ECD05B #5BECD0 #D05BEC

tetradic

#ECD05B #5BEC88 #5B77EC #EC5BC0

square

#ECD05B #5BEC88 #5B77EC #EC5BC0

split-complementary

#ECD05B #5BC0EC #885BEC

monochromatic

#B79815 #E6C024 #ECD05B #F2E092 #F9EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#ECD05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD05B

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD05B	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)

#E3CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.139 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8e',
    500: '#ecd05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd05b;
$custom-light: #f5de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85925,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD05B

secondary

#344EB7

accent

#32DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD05B

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

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