#ECD15A#ECD15A

#ECD15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD15A
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -4.18, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 61.02, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0159 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.2406, 64.1748, 18.9374)
Luminance	0.6417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD15A #5A75EC

analogous

#EC885A #ECD15A #BEEC5A

triadic

#ECD15A #5AECD1 #D15AEC

tetradic

#ECD15A #5AEC88 #5A75EC #EC5ABE

square

#ECD15A #5AEC88 #5A75EC #EC5ABE

split-complementary

#ECD15A #5ABEEC #885AEC

monochromatic

#B79915 #E6C223 #ECD15A #F2E091 #F9F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#ECD15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD15A

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD15A	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)

#E4CD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8d',
    500: '#ecd15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd15a;
$custom-light: #f5de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86117,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD15A

secondary

#344CB6

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD15A

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

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