#ECD44D#ECD44D

#ECD44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.152 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD44D
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -6.47, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 67.29, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0239 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.152 99)
XYZ	xyz(59.4778, 65.4584, 16.5216)
Luminance	0.6546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD44D #4D65EC

analogous

#EC854D #ECD44D #B5EC4D

triadic

#ECD44D #4DECD4 #D44DEC

tetradic

#ECD44D #4DEC85 #4D65EC #EC4DB5

square

#ECD44D #4DEC85 #4D65EC #EC4DB5

split-complementary

#ECD44D #4DB5EC #854DEC

monochromatic

#AC9512 #E4C518 #ECD44D #F2E184 #F8EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#ECD44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD44D

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD44D	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)

#E8CF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.152 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e086',
    500: '#ecd44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd44d;
$custom-light: #f6e086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86609,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.65456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD44D

secondary

#3043AD

accent

#29DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD44D

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

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