#ECD45F#ECD45F

#ECD45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD45F
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -5.37, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 59.81, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0188 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2036, 65.7487, 20.3439)
Luminance	0.6575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD45F #5F77EC

analogous

#EC8D5F #ECD45F #BEEC5F

triadic

#ECD45F #5FECD4 #D45FEC

tetradic

#ECD45F #5FEC8D #5F77EC #EC5FBE

square

#ECD45F #5FEC8D #5F77EC #EC5FBE

split-complementary

#ECD45F #5FBEEC #8D5FEC

monochromatic

#BA9E16 #E6C528 #ECD45F #F2E396 #F9F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#ECD45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD45F

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD45F	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)

#E7CF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e090',
    500: '#ecd45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd45f;
$custom-light: #f5e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86774,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD45F

secondary

#364CBA

accent

#2EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD45F

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

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