#ECD149#ECD149

#ECD149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.153 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD149
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -5.15, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 67.93, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0206 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.153 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.5979, 63.9177, 15.5529)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD149 #4964EC

analogous

#EC7F49 #ECD149 #B6EC49

triadic

#ECD149 #49ECD1 #D149EC

tetradic

#ECD149 #49EC7F #4964EC #EC49B6

square

#ECD149 #49EC7F #4964EC #EC49B6

split-complementary

#ECD149 #49B6EC #7F49EC

monochromatic

#A99012 #E0BF17 #ECD149 #F2DF80 #F8EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#ECD149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD149

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD149	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.153 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de83',
    500: '#ecd149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd149;
$custom-light: #f6de83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.061,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85968,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD149

secondary

#2F43AA

accent

#2BDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD149

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

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