#ECD55A#ECD55A

#ECD55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD55A
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -6.21, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 62.30, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0217 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2343, 66.1622, 19.2687)
Luminance	0.6616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD55A #5A71EC

analogous

#EC8C5A #ECD55A #BAEC5A

triadic

#ECD55A #5AECD5 #D55AEC

tetradic

#ECD55A #5AEC8C #5A71EC #EC5ABA

square

#ECD55A #5AEC8C #5A71EC #EC5ABA

split-complementary

#ECD55A #5ABAEC #8C5AEC

monochromatic

#B79D15 #E6C723 #ECD55A #F2E391 #F9F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#ECD55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD55A

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD55A	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e18d',
    500: '#ecd55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd55a;
$custom-light: #f5e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86927,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD55A

secondary

#3449B6

accent

#2BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD55A

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

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