#ECD37E#ECD37E

#ECD37E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.109 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD37E
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -2.35, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 45.14, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0067 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.109 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6541, 65.9302, 29.2128)
Luminance	0.6593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD37E #7E97EC

analogous

#EC9C7E #ECD37E #CEEC7E

triadic

#ECD37E #7EECD3 #D37EEC

tetradic

#ECD37E #7EEC9C #7E97EC #EC7ECE

square

#ECD37E #7EEC9C #7E97EC #EC7ECE

split-complementary

#ECD37E #7ECEEC #9C7EEC

monochromatic

#D1A81F #E4C149 #ECD37E #F4E5B3 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#ECD37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD37E

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD37E	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.109 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e0a5',
    500: '#ecd37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd37e;
$custom-light: #f4e0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8696,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD37E

secondary

#4965C5

accent

#3CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD37E

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

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