#ECD36C#ECD36C

#ECD36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.126 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD36C
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -3.91, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 53.64, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0131 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.126 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5953, 65.5067, 23.6367)
Luminance	0.6550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD36C #6C85EC

analogous

#EC936C #ECD36C #C5EC6C

triadic

#ECD36C #6CECD3 #D36CEC

tetradic

#ECD36C #6CEC93 #6C85EC #EC6CC5

square

#ECD36C #6CEC93 #6C85EC #EC6CC5

split-complementary

#ECD36C #6CC5EC #936CEC

monochromatic

#C4A319 #E5C336 #ECD36C #F3E3A2 #FAF3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#ECD36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD36C

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD36C	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.126 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e099',
    500: '#ecd36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd36c;
$custom-light: #f5e099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86718,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD36C

secondary

#3A55C2

accent

#34D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD36C

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

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