#ECD46D#ECD46D
#ECD46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.126 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECD46D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 212, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 77%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 53.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.01, -4.34, 53.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.01, 53.52, 94.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.93% -0.0142 0.1254) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.93% 0.126 96.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.8981, 66.0265, 24.0017) |
| Luminance | 0.6602 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.75
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.09
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.21
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.30
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.59
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECD46D #6D85EC
analogous
#EC946D #ECD46D #C5EC6D
triadic
#ECD46D #6DECD4 #D46DEC
tetradic
#ECD46D #6DEC94 #6D85EC #EC6DC5
square
#ECD46D #6DEC94 #6D85EC #EC6DC5
split-complementary
#ECD46D #6DC5EC #946DEC
monochromatic
#C5A51A #E5C437 #ECD46D #F3E4A3 #FAF4D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#ECD46D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.20
#ECD46D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECD46D
14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECD46D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECD46D | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.20 | 14.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6D063
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD871
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCC7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecd46d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.126 96.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5e199',
500: '#ecd46d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecd46d; $custom-light: #f5e199; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecd46d",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 212,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.661,
"s": 76.97,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86932,
"c": 0.12619,
"h": 96.5
},
"luminance": 0.66024
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECD46D
secondary
#3A54C3
accent
#33D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F