#ECD36D#ECD36D

#ECD36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.125 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD36D
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.76, -3.83, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.76, 53.18, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0127 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.125 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6489, 65.5281, 23.9186)
Luminance	0.6553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD36D #6D86EC

analogous

#EC936D #ECD36D #C5EC6D

triadic

#ECD36D #6DECD3 #D36DEC

tetradic

#ECD36D #6DEC93 #6D86EC #EC6DC5

square

#ECD36D #6DEC93 #6D86EC #EC6DC5

split-complementary

#ECD36D #6DC5EC #936DEC

monochromatic

#C5A31A #E5C337 #ECD36D #F3E3A3 #FAF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#ECD36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD36D

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD36D	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.125 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e099',
    500: '#ecd36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd36d;
$custom-light: #f5e099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86731,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD36D

secondary

#3A55C3

accent

#35D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD36D

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

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