#ECD168#ECD168

#ECD168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.128 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD168
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 104)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -3.20, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 54.81, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0115 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.128 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8936, 64.4360, 22.3766)
Luminance	0.6443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD168 #6883EC

analogous

#EC8F68 #ECD168 #C5EC68

triadic

#ECD168 #68ECD1 #D168EC

tetradic

#ECD168 #68EC8F #6883EC #EC68C5

square

#ECD168 #68EC8F #6883EC #EC68C5

split-complementary

#ECD168 #68C5EC #8F68EC

monochromatic

#C19F18 #E5C032 #ECD168 #F3E29E #FAF2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#ECD168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD168

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD168	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.128 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de96',
    500: '#ecd168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd168;
$custom-light: #f5de96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86268,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD168

secondary

#3954C0

accent

#36DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD168

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

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