#ECD05F#ECD05F

#ECD05F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.135 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD05F
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -3.34, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 58.53, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0129 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.135 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.2160, 63.7737, 20.0147)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD05F #5F7BEC

analogous

#EC895F #ECD05F #C2EC5F

triadic

#ECD05F #5FECD0 #D05FEC

tetradic

#ECD05F #5FEC89 #5F7BEC #EC5FC2

square

#ECD05F #5FEC89 #5F7BEC #EC5FC2

split-complementary

#ECD05F #5FC2EC #895FEC

monochromatic

#BA9A16 #E6C028 #ECD05F #F2E096 #F9F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD05F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#ECD05F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD05F

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD05F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD05F	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)

#E3CC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd05f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.135 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de90',
    500: '#ecd05f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd05f;
$custom-light: #f5de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd05f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85967,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD05F

secondary

#3650BA

accent

#34DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD05F

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

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