#ECD463#ECD463

#ECD463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD463
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -5.09, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 58.05, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0175 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3901, 65.8233, 21.3261)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD463 #637BEC

analogous

#EC8F63 #ECD463 #BFEC63

triadic

#ECD463 #63ECD4 #D463EC

tetradic

#ECD463 #63EC8F #637BEC #EC63BF

square

#ECD463 #63EC8F #637BEC #EC63BF

split-complementary

#ECD463 #63BFEC #8F63EC

monochromatic

#BEA017 #E5C52C #ECD463 #F3E39A #F9F2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#ECD463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD463

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD463	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)

#E6CF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e093',
    500: '#ecd463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd463;
$custom-light: #f5e093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86817,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD463

secondary

#374EBC

accent

#2FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD463

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

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