#ECD162#ECD162

#ECD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.134 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD162
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -3.64, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 57.52, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0134 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.134 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.5996, 64.3184, 20.8283)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD162 #627DEC

analogous

#EC8C62 #ECD162 #C2EC62

triadic

#ECD162 #62ECD1 #D162EC

tetradic

#ECD162 #62EC8C #627DEC #EC62C2

square

#ECD162 #62EC8C #627DEC #EC62C2

split-complementary

#ECD162 #62C2EC #8C62EC

monochromatic

#BD9C17 #E5C12B #ECD162 #F3E199 #F9F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#ECD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD162

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD162	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.134 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de92',
    500: '#ecd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd162;
$custom-light: #f5de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.862,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD162

secondary

#3751BC

accent

#33DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD162

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

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