#ECD45E#ECD45E

#ECD45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.139 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD45E
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -5.44, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 60.25, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0191 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.139 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.1584, 65.7307, 20.1060)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD45E #5E76EC

analogous

#EC8D5E #ECD45E #BDEC5E

triadic

#ECD45E #5EECD4 #D45EEC

tetradic

#ECD45E #5EEC8D #5E76EC #EC5EBD

square

#ECD45E #5EEC8D #5E76EC #EC5EBD

split-complementary

#ECD45E #5EBDEC #8D5EEC

monochromatic

#BA9E16 #E6C527 #ECD45E #F2E395 #F9F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#ECD45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD45E

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD45E	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.139 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e090',
    500: '#ecd45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd45e;
$custom-light: #f5e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86764,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD45E

secondary

#354CB9

accent

#2EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD45E

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

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