#ECD262#ECD262

#ECD262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.134 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD262
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -4.15, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 57.84, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0149 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.134 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8457, 64.8106, 20.9103)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD262 #627CEC

analogous

#EC8D62 #ECD262 #C1EC62

triadic

#ECD262 #62ECD2 #D262EC

tetradic

#ECD262 #62EC8D #627CEC #EC62C1

square

#ECD262 #62EC8D #627CEC #EC62C1

split-complementary

#ECD262 #62C1EC #8D62EC

monochromatic

#BD9D17 #E5C22B #ECD262 #F3E299 #F9F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#ECD262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD262

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD262	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.134 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df92',
    500: '#ecd262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd262;
$custom-light: #f5df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86402,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD262

secondary

#3750BC

accent

#32DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD262

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

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