#ECD460#ECD460

#ECD460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD460
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -5.31, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 59.38, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0185 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2493, 65.7670, 20.5848)
Luminance	0.6576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD460 #6078EC

analogous

#EC8E60 #ECD460 #BEEC60

triadic

#ECD460 #60ECD4 #D460EC

tetradic

#ECD460 #60EC8E #6078EC #EC60BE

square

#ECD460 #60EC8E #6078EC #EC60BE

split-complementary

#ECD460 #60BEEC #8E60EC

monochromatic

#BB9F16 #E5C529 #ECD460 #F3E397 #F9F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#ECD460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD460

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD460	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)

#E7CF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e091',
    500: '#ecd460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd460;
$custom-light: #f5e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86785,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD460

secondary

#364DBA

accent

#2EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD460

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

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