#ECD256#ECD256

#ECD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.144 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD256
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -4.94, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 63.02, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0186 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.144 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.3210, 64.6007, 18.1468)
Luminance	0.6460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD256 #5670EC

analogous

#EC8756 #ECD256 #BBEC56

triadic

#ECD256 #56ECD2 #D256EC

tetradic

#ECD256 #56EC87 #5670EC #EC56BB

square

#ECD256 #56EC87 #5670EC #EC56BB

split-complementary

#ECD256 #56BBEC #8756EC

monochromatic

#B39814 #E6C31F #ECD256 #F2E18D #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#ECD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD256

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD256	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)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.144 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df8b',
    500: '#ecd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd256;
$custom-light: #f6df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86281,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD256

secondary

#3349B3

accent

#2EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD256

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

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