#ECD15F#ECD15F

#ECD15F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.136 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD15F
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -3.85, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 58.84, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0144 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.136 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.4606, 64.2628, 20.0962)
Luminance	0.6426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD15F #5F7AEC

analogous

#EC8B5F #ECD15F #C0EC5F

triadic

#ECD15F #5FECD1 #D15FEC

tetradic

#ECD15F #5FEC8B #5F7AEC #EC5FC0

square

#ECD15F #5FEC8B #5F7AEC #EC5FC0

split-complementary

#ECD15F #5FC0EC #8B5FEC

monochromatic

#BA9B16 #E6C128 #ECD15F #F2E196 #F9F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#ECD15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD15F

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD15F	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)

#E4CD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.136 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de90',
    500: '#ecd15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd15f;
$custom-light: #f5de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86168,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD15F

secondary

#364FBA

accent

#32DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD15F

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

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