#ECD54E#ECD54E

#ECD54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.152 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD54E
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -6.92, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 67.21, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0251 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.152 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7641, 65.9742, 16.7925)
Luminance	0.6597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD54E #4E65EC

analogous

#EC864E #ECD54E #B4EC4E

triadic

#ECD54E #4EECD5 #D54EEC

tetradic

#ECD54E #4EEC86 #4E65EC #EC4EB4

square

#ECD54E #4EEC86 #4E65EC #EC4EB4

split-complementary

#ECD54E #4EB4EC #864EEC

monochromatic

#AD9713 #E4C719 #ECD54E #F2E285 #F8EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#ECD54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD54E

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD54E	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)

#E9CF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.152 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e186',
    500: '#ecd54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd54e;
$custom-light: #f6e186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.266,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8682,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD54E

secondary

#3043AE

accent

#27DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD54E

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

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