#ECD15B#ECD15B

#ECD15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.139 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD15B
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -4.11, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 60.59, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0156 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.139 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2834, 64.1919, 19.1631)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD15B #5B76EC

analogous

#EC895B #ECD15B #BEEC5B

triadic

#ECD15B #5BECD1 #D15BEC

tetradic

#ECD15B #5BEC89 #5B76EC #EC5BBE

square

#ECD15B #5BEC89 #5B76EC #EC5BBE

split-complementary

#ECD15B #5BBEEC #895BEC

monochromatic

#B79915 #E6C224 #ECD15B #F2E092 #F9F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#ECD15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD15B

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD15B	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.139 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8e',
    500: '#ecd15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd15b;
$custom-light: #f5de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86127,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD15B

secondary

#344DB7

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD15B

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

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