#ECD16F#ECD16F

#ECD16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.122 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD16F
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 111)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -2.65, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 51.59, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0091 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.122 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.2640, 64.5842, 24.3275)
Luminance	0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD16F #6F8AEC

analogous

#EC926F #ECD16F #C8EC6F

triadic

#ECD16F #6FECD1 #D16FEC

tetradic

#ECD16F #6FEC92 #6F8AEC #EC6FC8

square

#ECD16F #6FEC92 #6F8AEC #EC6FC8

split-complementary

#ECD16F #6FC8EC #926FEC

monochromatic

#C6A11A #E5C039 #ECD16F #F3E2A5 #FAF4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#ECD16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD16F

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD16F	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.122 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de9b',
    500: '#ecd16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd16f;
$custom-light: #f5de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86353,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD16F

secondary

#3B59C4

accent

#39D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD16F

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

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