#ECD156#ECD156

#ECD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD156
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -4.43, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 62.71, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.0171 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0749, 64.1085, 18.0648)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD156 #5671EC

analogous

#EC8656 #ECD156 #BCEC56

triadic

#ECD156 #56ECD1 #D156EC

tetradic

#ECD156 #56EC86 #5671EC #EC56BC

square

#ECD156 #56EC86 #5671EC #EC56BC

split-complementary

#ECD156 #56BCEC #8656EC

monochromatic

#B39714 #E6C21F #ECD156 #F2E08D #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#ECD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD156

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD156	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8b',
    500: '#ecd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd156;
$custom-light: #f6de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86079,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD156

secondary

#334AB3

accent

#2FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD156

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

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