#ECD15E#ECD15E

#ECD15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.137 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD15E
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -3.92, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 59.28, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0147 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.137 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4154, 64.2447, 19.8584)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD15E #5E79EC

analogous

#EC8A5E #ECD15E #C0EC5E

triadic

#ECD15E #5EECD1 #D15EEC

tetradic

#ECD15E #5EEC8A #5E79EC #EC5EC0

square

#ECD15E #5EEC8A #5E79EC #EC5EC0

split-complementary

#ECD15E #5EC0EC #8A5EEC

monochromatic

#BA9B16 #E6C127 #ECD15E #F2E195 #F9F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#ECD15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD15E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD15E	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.137 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de90',
    500: '#ecd15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd15e;
$custom-light: #f5de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86158,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD15E

secondary

#354EB9

accent

#32DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD15E

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

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