#ECD167#ECD167
#ECD167 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.129 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECD167 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 209, 103) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 56%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 56.4%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.18, -3.27, 55.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.18, 55.27, 93.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.26% -0.0118 0.1287) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.26% 0.129 95.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.8431, 64.4158, 22.1107) |
| Luminance | 0.6441 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.45
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.65
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.02
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.34
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.52
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECD167 #6782EC
analogous
#EC8F67 #ECD167 #C4EC67
triadic
#ECD167 #67ECD1 #D167EC
tetradic
#ECD167 #67EC8F #6782EC #EC67C4
square
#ECD167 #67EC8F #6782EC #EC67C4
split-complementary
#ECD167 #67C4EC #8F67EC
monochromatic
#C19E18 #E5C131 #ECD167 #F3E19D #FAF2D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#ECD167 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.88
#ECD167 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECD167
13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECD167 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECD167 | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.88 | 13.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CD5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD66C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDC3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecd167; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 103); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.129 95.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5de95',
500: '#ecd167',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecd167; $custom-light: #f5de95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecd167",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 209,
"b": 103
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.82,
"s": 77.778,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86256,
"c": 0.12927,
"h": 95.2
},
"luminance": 0.64413
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECD167
secondary
#3854BF
accent
#35DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F