#ECD15D#ECD15D

#ECD15D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.138 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD15D
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -3.98, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 59.72, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.015 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.138 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3708, 64.2269, 19.6236)
Luminance	0.6422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD15D #5D78EC

analogous

#EC895D #ECD15D #C0EC5D

triadic

#ECD15D #5DECD1 #D15DEC

tetradic

#ECD15D #5DEC89 #5D78EC #EC5DC0

square

#ECD15D #5DEC89 #5D78EC #EC5DC0

split-complementary

#ECD15D #5DC0EC #895DEC

monochromatic

#B99A16 #E6C126 #ECD15D #F2E194 #F9F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#ECD15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD15D

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD15D	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)

#E4CD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.138 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8f',
    500: '#ecd15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd15d;
$custom-light: #f5de8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86147,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD15D

secondary

#354EB8

accent

#32DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD15D

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

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