#ECD16D#ECD16D

#ECD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.124 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD16D
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -2.81, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 52.52, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0098 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.124 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1551, 64.5406, 23.7540)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD16D #6D88EC

analogous

#EC916D #ECD16D #C8EC6D

triadic

#ECD16D #6DECD1 #D16DEC

tetradic

#ECD16D #6DEC91 #6D88EC #EC6DC8

square

#ECD16D #6DEC91 #6D88EC #EC6DC8

split-complementary

#ECD16D #6DC8EC #916DEC

monochromatic

#C5A11A #E5C037 #ECD16D #F3E2A3 #FAF3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#ECD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD16D

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD16D	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.124 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de99',
    500: '#ecd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd16d;
$custom-light: #f5de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86328,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD16D

secondary

#3A57C3

accent

#38D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD16D

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

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