#ECD457#ECD457

#ECD457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD457
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -5.89, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 63.24, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0212 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8584, 65.6107, 18.5261)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD457 #576FEC

analogous

#EC8A57 #ECD457 #B9EC57

triadic

#ECD457 #57ECD4 #D457EC

tetradic

#ECD457 #57EC8A #576FEC #EC57B9

square

#ECD457 #57EC8A #576FEC #EC57B9

split-complementary

#ECD457 #57B9EC #8A57EC

monochromatic

#B49A14 #E6C620 #ECD457 #F2E28E #F8F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#ECD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD457

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD457	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)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.145 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e08c',
    500: '#ecd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd457;
$custom-light: #f5e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86695,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD457

secondary

#3348B4

accent

#2BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD457

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

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