#ECD16B#ECD16B

#ECD16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.126 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD16B
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -2.97, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 53.44, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0105 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.126 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0487, 64.4980, 23.1934)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD16B #6B86EC

analogous

#EC916B #ECD16B #C7EC6B

triadic

#ECD16B #6BECD1 #D16BEC

tetradic

#ECD16B #6BEC91 #6B86EC #EC6BC7

square

#ECD16B #6BEC91 #6B86EC #EC6BC7

split-complementary

#ECD16B #6BC7EC #916BEC

monochromatic

#C4A019 #E5C035 #ECD16B #F3E2A1 #FAF3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#ECD16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD16B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD16B	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.126 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de98',
    500: '#ecd16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd16b;
$custom-light: #f5de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86304,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD16B

secondary

#3A56C2

accent

#37D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD16B

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

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