#ECD55D#ECD55D

#ECD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD55D
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -6.01, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 61.01, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0208 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3646, 66.2143, 19.9548)
Luminance	0.6621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD55D #5D74EC

analogous

#EC8E5D #ECD55D #BBEC5D

triadic

#ECD55D #5DECD5 #D55DEC

tetradic

#ECD55D #5DEC8E #5D74EC #EC5DBB

square

#ECD55D #5DEC8E #5D74EC #EC5DBB

split-complementary

#ECD55D #5DBBEC #8E5DEC

monochromatic

#B99F16 #E6C726 #ECD55D #F2E394 #F9F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#ECD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD55D

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD55D	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)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e18f',
    500: '#ecd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd55d;
$custom-light: #f5e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86956,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD55D

secondary

#354AB8

accent

#2CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD55D

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

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