#ECD35E#ECD35E

#ECD35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD35E
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -4.93, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 59.92, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0176 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9092, 65.2323, 20.0229)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD35E #5E77EC

analogous

#EC8C5E #ECD35E #BEEC5E

triadic

#ECD35E #5EECD3 #D35EEC

tetradic

#ECD35E #5EEC8C #5E77EC #EC5EBE

square

#ECD35E #5EEC8C #5E77EC #EC5EBE

split-complementary

#ECD35E #5EBEEC #8C5EEC

monochromatic

#BA9D16 #E6C427 #ECD35E #F2E295 #F9F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#ECD35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD35E

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD35E	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e090',
    500: '#ecd35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd35e;
$custom-light: #f5e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86561,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD35E

secondary

#354CB9

accent

#2FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD35E

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

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