#ECD252#ECD252

#ECD252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.147 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD252
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -5.17, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 64.67, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0197 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.147 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1643, 64.5381, 17.3217)
Luminance	0.6453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD252 #526CEC

analogous

#EC8552 #ECD252 #B9EC52

triadic

#ECD252 #52ECD2 #D252EC

tetradic

#ECD252 #52EC85 #526CEC #EC52B9

square

#ECD252 #52EC85 #526CEC #EC52B9

split-complementary

#ECD252 #52B9EC #8552EC

monochromatic

#B09613 #E6C41B #ECD252 #F2E089 #F8EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#ECD252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD252

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD252	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)

#E6CD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.147 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df88',
    500: '#ecd252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd252;
$custom-light: #f6df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86245,
    "c": 0.14713,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD252

secondary

#3247B1

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD252

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

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