#ECD169#ECD169

#ECD169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.127 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD169
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -3.12, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 54.36, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0111 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.127 95)
XYZ	xyz(59.9447, 64.4564, 22.6457)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD169 #6984EC

analogous

#EC9069 #ECD169 #C5EC69

triadic

#ECD169 #69ECD1 #D169EC

tetradic

#ECD169 #69EC90 #6984EC #EC69C5

square

#ECD169 #69EC90 #6984EC #EC69C5

split-complementary

#ECD169 #69C5EC #9069EC

monochromatic

#C29F19 #E5C033 #ECD169 #F3E29F #FAF2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#ECD169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD169

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD169	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)

#E3CD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.127 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de97',
    500: '#ecd169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd169;
$custom-light: #f5de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8628,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.64454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD169

secondary

#3955C0

accent

#36DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD169

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

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