#ECD36F#ECD36F

#ECD36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.124 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD36F
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 111)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -3.67, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 52.25, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.012 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.124 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7578, 65.5717, 24.4921)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD36F #6F88EC

analogous

#EC946F #ECD36F #C6EC6F

triadic

#ECD36F #6FECD3 #D36FEC

tetradic

#ECD36F #6FEC94 #6F88EC #EC6FC6

square

#ECD36F #6FEC94 #6F88EC #EC6FC6

split-complementary

#ECD36F #6FC6EC #946FEC

monochromatic

#C6A41A #E5C239 #ECD36F #F3E4A5 #FAF4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#ECD36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD36F

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD36F	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)

#E5CF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.124 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e09b',
    500: '#ecd36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd36f;
$custom-light: #f5e09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86755,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD36F

secondary

#3B57C4

accent

#35D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD36F

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

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