#ECD556#ECD556

#ECD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.146 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD556
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -6.46, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 63.98, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0229 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.146 99)
XYZ	xyz(60.0686, 66.0960, 18.3960)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD556 #566DEC

analogous

#EC8A56 #ECD556 #B8EC56

triadic

#ECD556 #56ECD5 #D556EC

tetradic

#ECD556 #56EC8A #566DEC #EC56B8

square

#ECD556 #56EC8A #566DEC #EC56B8

split-complementary

#ECD556 #56B8EC #8A56EC

monochromatic

#B39B14 #E6C71F #ECD556 #F2E38D #F8F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#ECD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD556

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD556	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.146 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e18b',
    500: '#ecd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd556;
$custom-light: #f5e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86889,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.66093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD556

secondary

#3347B3

accent

#2ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD556

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

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