#ECD260#ECD260

#ECD260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.136 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD260
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -4.29, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 58.72, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0155 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.136 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.7524, 64.7733, 20.4192)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD260 #607AEC

analogous

#EC8C60 #ECD260 #C0EC60

triadic

#ECD260 #60ECD2 #D260EC

tetradic

#ECD260 #60EC8C #607AEC #EC60C0

square

#ECD260 #60EC8C #607AEC #EC60C0

split-complementary

#ECD260 #60C0EC #8C60EC

monochromatic

#BB9D16 #E5C329 #ECD260 #F3E197 #F9F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#ECD260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD260

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD260	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.136 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df91',
    500: '#ecd260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd260;
$custom-light: #f5df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8638,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD260

secondary

#364FBA

accent

#31DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD260

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

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