#ECD265#ECD265

#ECD265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.132 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD265
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -3.93, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 56.50, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0139 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.132 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9900, 64.8683, 21.6703)
Luminance	0.6487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD265 #657FEC

analogous

#EC8E65 #ECD265 #C3EC65

triadic

#ECD265 #65ECD2 #D265EC

tetradic

#ECD265 #65EC8E #657FEC #EC65C3

square

#ECD265 #65EC8E #657FEC #EC65C3

split-complementary

#ECD265 #65C3EC #8E65EC

monochromatic

#BF9F18 #E5C22F #ECD265 #F3E29B #F9F2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#ECD265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD265

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD265	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.132 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df94',
    500: '#ecd265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd265;
$custom-light: #f5df94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86435,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD265

secondary

#3851BE

accent

#33DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD265

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

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