#ECD05E#ECD05E

#ECD05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.136 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD05E
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -3.40, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 58.97, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0132 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.136 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1709, 63.7556, 19.7768)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD05E #5E7AEC

analogous

#EC895E #ECD05E #C1EC5E

triadic

#ECD05E #5EECD0 #D05EEC

tetradic

#ECD05E #5EEC89 #5E7AEC #EC5EC1

square

#ECD05E #5EEC89 #5E7AEC #EC5EC1

split-complementary

#ECD05E #5EC1EC #895EEC

monochromatic

#BA9916 #E6C027 #ECD05E #F2E095 #F9F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#ECD05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD05E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD05E	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.136 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de90',
    500: '#ecd05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd05e;
$custom-light: #f5de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85956,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD05E

secondary

#354FB9

accent

#34DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD05E

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

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