#ECD14D#ECD14D

#ECD14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.150 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD14D
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -4.94, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 66.38, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0196 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.15 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.7348, 63.9725, 16.2739)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD14D #4D68EC

analogous

#EC824D #ECD14D #B8EC4D

triadic

#ECD14D #4DECD1 #D14DEC

tetradic

#ECD14D #4DEC82 #4D68EC #EC4DB8

square

#ECD14D #4DEC82 #4D68EC #EC4DB8

split-complementary

#ECD14D #4DB8EC #824DEC

monochromatic

#AC9212 #E4C118 #ECD14D #F2DF84 #F8EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#ECD14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD14D

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD14D	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.150 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de85',
    500: '#ecd14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd14d;
$custom-light: #f6de85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD14D

secondary

#3045AD

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD14D

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

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