#ECD16C#ECD16C

#ECD16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.125 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD16C
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -2.89, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 52.98, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0101 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.125 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1016, 64.5192, 23.4721)
Luminance	0.6452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD16C #6C87EC

analogous

#EC916C #ECD16C #C7EC6C

triadic

#ECD16C #6CECD1 #D16CEC

tetradic

#ECD16C #6CEC91 #6C87EC #EC6CC7

square

#ECD16C #6CEC91 #6C87EC #EC6CC7

split-complementary

#ECD16C #6CC7EC #916CEC

monochromatic

#C4A019 #E5C036 #ECD16C #F3E2A2 #FAF3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#ECD16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD16C

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD16C	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)

#E3CD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.125 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de99',
    500: '#ecd16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd16c;
$custom-light: #f5de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86316,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD16C

secondary

#3A57C2

accent

#37D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD16C

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

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