#ECD249#ECD249

#ECD249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.153 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD249
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -5.66, 67.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 68.23, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0221 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.153 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8440, 64.4100, 15.6349)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD249 #4963EC

analogous

#EC8049 #ECD249 #B5EC49

triadic

#ECD249 #49ECD2 #D249EC

tetradic

#ECD249 #49EC80 #4963EC #EC49B5

square

#ECD249 #49EC80 #4963EC #EC49B5

split-complementary

#ECD249 #49B5EC #8049EC

monochromatic

#A99112 #E0C017 #ECD249 #F2E080 #F8EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#ECD249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD249

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD249	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.153 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df83',
    500: '#ecd249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd249;
$custom-light: #f6df83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.429,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86171,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD249

secondary

#2F43AA

accent

#2ADD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD249

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

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