#ECD164#ECD164

#ECD164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.132 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD164
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 100)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -3.50, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 56.62, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0128 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.132 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6952, 64.3566, 21.3318)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD164 #647FEC

analogous

#EC8D64 #ECD164 #C3EC64

triadic

#ECD164 #64ECD1 #D164EC

tetradic

#ECD164 #64EC8D #647FEC #EC64C3

square

#ECD164 #64EC8D #647FEC #EC64C3

split-complementary

#ECD164 #64C3EC #8D64EC

monochromatic

#BE9D17 #E5C12D #ECD164 #F3E19B #F9F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#ECD164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD164

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD164	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.132 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de93',
    500: '#ecd164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd164;
$custom-light: #f5de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 78.161,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86222,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD164

secondary

#3752BD

accent

#34DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD164

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

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