#ECD165#ECD165

#ECD165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.131 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD165
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -3.42, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 56.17, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0125 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.131 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7439, 64.3761, 21.5883)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD165 #6580EC

analogous

#EC8D65 #ECD165 #C3EC65

triadic

#ECD165 #65ECD1 #D165EC

tetradic

#ECD165 #65EC8D #6580EC #EC65C3

square

#ECD165 #65EC8D #6580EC #EC65C3

split-complementary

#ECD165 #65C3EC #8D65EC

monochromatic

#BF9E18 #E5C12F #ECD165 #F3E19B #F9F2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#ECD165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD165

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD165	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)

#E4CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.131 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de94',
    500: '#ecd165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd165;
$custom-light: #f5de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86233,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD165

secondary

#3852BE

accent

#35DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD165

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

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