#ECD36E#ECD36E

#ECD36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.124 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD36E
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -3.75, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 52.71, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0124 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.124 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7030, 65.5498, 24.2037)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD36E #6E87EC

analogous

#EC946E #ECD36E #C6EC6E

triadic

#ECD36E #6EECD3 #D36EEC

tetradic

#ECD36E #6EEC94 #6E87EC #EC6EC6

square

#ECD36E #6EEC94 #6E87EC #EC6EC6

split-complementary

#ECD36E #6EC6EC #946EEC

monochromatic

#C6A41A #E5C338 #ECD36E #F3E3A4 #FAF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#ECD36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD36E

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD36E	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)

#E5CF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.124 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e09a',
    500: '#ecd36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd36e;
$custom-light: #f5e09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86743,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD36E

secondary

#3B56C3

accent

#35D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD36E

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

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