#ECD16A#ECD16A

#ECD16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.127 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD16A
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -3.05, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 53.90, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0108 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.127 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9964, 64.4771, 22.9180)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD16A #6A85EC

analogous

#EC906A #ECD16A #C6EC6A

triadic

#ECD16A #6AECD1 #D16AEC

tetradic

#ECD16A #6AEC90 #6A85EC #EC6AC6

square

#ECD16A #6AEC90 #6A85EC #EC6AC6

split-complementary

#ECD16A #6AC6EC #906AEC

monochromatic

#C39F19 #E5C034 #ECD16A #F3E2A0 #FAF3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#ECD16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD16A

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD16A	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)

#E3CD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.127 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de97',
    500: '#ecd16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd16a;
$custom-light: #f5de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86292,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD16A

secondary

#3955C1

accent

#37DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD16A

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

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