#ECD54D#ECD54D

#ECD54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.153 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD54D
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -6.97, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 67.60, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0254 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.153 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7286, 65.9599, 16.6052)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD54D #4D64EC

analogous

#EC864D #ECD54D #B4EC4D

triadic

#ECD54D #4DECD5 #D54DEC

tetradic

#ECD54D #4DEC86 #4D64EC #EC4DB4

square

#ECD54D #4DEC86 #4D64EC #EC4DB4

split-complementary

#ECD54D #4DB4EC #864DEC

monochromatic

#AC9612 #E4C618 #ECD54D #F2E284 #F8EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#ECD54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD54D

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD54D	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.153 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e186',
    500: '#ecd54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd54d;
$custom-light: #f6e186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.321,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86812,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD54D

secondary

#3042AD

accent

#27DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD54D

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

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