#ECD55C#ECD55C

#ECD55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD55C
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -6.08, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 61.44, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0211 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3206, 66.1967, 19.7231)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD55C #5C73EC

analogous

#EC8D5C #ECD55C #BBEC5C

triadic

#ECD55C #5CECD5 #D55CEC

tetradic

#ECD55C #5CEC8D #5C73EC #EC5CBB

square

#ECD55C #5CEC8D #5C73EC #EC5CBB

split-complementary

#ECD55C #5CBBEC #8D5CEC

monochromatic

#B89E15 #E6C725 #ECD55C #F2E393 #F9F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#ECD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD55C

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD55C	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e18f',
    500: '#ecd55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd55c;
$custom-light: #f5e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86946,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD55C

secondary

#354AB8

accent

#2CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD55C

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

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