#ECD45C#ECD45C

#ECD45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD45C
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -5.57, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 61.12, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0197 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(60.0698, 65.6952, 19.6395)
Luminance	0.6569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD45C #5C74EC

analogous

#EC8C5C #ECD45C #BCEC5C

triadic

#ECD45C #5CECD4 #D45CEC

tetradic

#ECD45C #5CEC8C #5C74EC #EC5CBC

square

#ECD45C #5CEC8C #5C74EC #EC5CBC

split-complementary

#ECD45C #5CBCEC #8C5CEC

monochromatic

#B89D15 #E6C625 #ECD45C #F2E293 #F9F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#ECD45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD45C

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD45C	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)

#E7CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e08f',
    500: '#ecd45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd45c;
$custom-light: #f5e08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86744,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.65693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD45C

secondary

#354AB8

accent

#2DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD45C

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

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