#ECD456#ECD456

#ECD456 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	#ECD456
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -5.95, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 63.66, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0215 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.8178, 65.5945, 18.3125)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD456 #566EEC

analogous

#EC8956 #ECD456 #B9EC56

triadic

#ECD456 #56ECD4 #D456EC

tetradic

#ECD456 #56EC89 #566EEC #EC56B9

square

#ECD456 #56EC89 #566EEC #EC56B9

split-complementary

#ECD456 #56B9EC #8956EC

monochromatic

#B39A14 #E6C61F #ECD456 #F2E28D #F8F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#ECD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD456

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD456	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)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e08b',
    500: '#ecd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd456;
$custom-light: #f5e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86686,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD456

secondary

#3347B3

accent

#2BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD456

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →