#ECD45B#ECD45B

#ECD45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD45B
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -5.64, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 61.55, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.02 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.0264, 65.6779, 19.4108)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD45B #5B73EC

analogous

#EC8C5B #ECD45B #BCEC5B

triadic

#ECD45B #5BECD4 #D45BEC

tetradic

#ECD45B #5BEC8C #5B73EC #EC5BBC

square

#ECD45B #5BEC8C #5B73EC #EC5BBC

split-complementary

#ECD45B #5BBCEC #8C5BEC

monochromatic

#B79D15 #E6C624 #ECD45B #F2E292 #F9F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#ECD45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD45B

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD45B	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e08e',
    500: '#ecd45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd45b;
$custom-light: #f5e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86734,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD45B

secondary

#344AB7

accent

#2DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD45B

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

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