#ECD44B#ECD44B

#ECD44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.154 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD44B
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -6.57, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 68.07, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0244 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.154 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4083, 65.4306, 16.1554)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD44B #4B63EC

analogous

#EC834B #ECD44B #B3EC4B

triadic

#ECD44B #4BECD4 #D44BEC

tetradic

#ECD44B #4BEC83 #4B63EC #EC4BB3

square

#ECD44B #4BEC83 #4B63EC #EC4BB3

split-complementary

#ECD44B #4BB3EC #834BEC

monochromatic

#AB9412 #E2C418 #ECD44B #F2E182 #F8EEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#ECD44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD44B

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD44B	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.154 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e085',
    500: '#ecd44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd44b;
$custom-light: #f6e085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.056,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86593,
    "c": 0.15358,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD44B

secondary

#3042AC

accent

#28DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD44B

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

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