#ECD462#ECD462

#ECD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD462
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -5.17, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 58.50, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0178 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3426, 65.8043, 21.0759)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD462 #627AEC

analogous

#EC8F62 #ECD462 #BFEC62

triadic

#ECD462 #62ECD4 #D462EC

tetradic

#ECD462 #62EC8F #627AEC #EC62BF

square

#ECD462 #62EC8F #627AEC #EC62BF

split-complementary

#ECD462 #62BFEC #8F62EC

monochromatic

#BDA017 #E5C52B #ECD462 #F3E399 #F9F2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#ECD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD462

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD462	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e092',
    500: '#ecd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd462;
$custom-light: #f5e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86806,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD462

secondary

#374EBC

accent

#2FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD462

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

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