#ECD455#ECD455

#ECD455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD455
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -6.01, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 64.07, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0217 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7778, 65.5785, 18.1018)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD455 #556DEC

analogous

#EC8955 #ECD455 #B8EC55

triadic

#ECD455 #55ECD4 #D455EC

tetradic

#ECD455 #55EC89 #556DEC #EC55B8

square

#ECD455 #55EC89 #556DEC #EC55B8

split-complementary

#ECD455 #55B8EC #8955EC

monochromatic

#B39914 #E6C61E #ECD455 #F2E28C #F8F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#ECD455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD455

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD455	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08a',
    500: '#ecd455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd455;
$custom-light: #f6e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86677,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD455

secondary

#3347B3

accent

#2BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD455

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

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