#ECD16E#ECD16E

#ECD16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.123 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD16E
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -2.73, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 52.05, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0094 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.123 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2092, 64.5623, 24.0391)
Luminance	0.6456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD16E #6E89EC

analogous

#EC926E #ECD16E #C8EC6E

triadic

#ECD16E #6EECD1 #D16EEC

tetradic

#ECD16E #6EEC92 #6E89EC #EC6EC8

square

#ECD16E #6EEC92 #6E89EC #EC6EC8

split-complementary

#ECD16E #6EC8EC #926EEC

monochromatic

#C6A11A #E5C038 #ECD16E #F3E2A4 #FAF3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#ECD16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD16E

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD16E	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)

#E3CD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.123 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de9a',
    500: '#ecd16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd16e;
$custom-light: #f5de9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86341,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD16E

secondary

#3B58C3

accent

#38D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD16E

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

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