#ECD55E#ECD55E

#ECD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD55E
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -5.95, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 60.58, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0205 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4091, 66.2322, 20.1896)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD55E #5E75EC

analogous

#EC8E5E #ECD55E #BCEC5E

triadic

#ECD55E #5EECD5 #D55EEC

tetradic

#ECD55E #5EEC8E #5E75EC #EC5EBC

square

#ECD55E #5EEC8E #5E75EC #EC5EBC

split-complementary

#ECD55E #5EBCEC #8E5EEC

monochromatic

#BA9F16 #E6C727 #ECD55E #F2E395 #F9F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#ECD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD55E

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD55E	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e190',
    500: '#ecd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd55e;
$custom-light: #f5e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86967,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD55E

secondary

#354BB9

accent

#2CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD55E

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

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