#ECD158#ECD158

#ECD158 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.142 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD158
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -4.30, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 61.87, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0165 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.142 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1566, 64.1412, 18.4951)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD158 #5873EC

analogous

#EC8758 #ECD158 #BDEC58

triadic

#ECD158 #58ECD1 #D158EC

tetradic

#ECD158 #58EC87 #5873EC #EC58BD

square

#ECD158 #58EC87 #5873EC #EC58BD

split-complementary

#ECD158 #58BDEC #8758EC

monochromatic

#B59815 #E6C221 #ECD158 #F2E08F #F9EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#ECD158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD158

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD158	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.142 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8c',
    500: '#ecd158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd158;
$custom-light: #f5de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 79.57,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86098,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD158

secondary

#334BB5

accent

#30DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD158

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

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