#ECD55F#ECD55F

#ECD55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.139 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD55F
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -5.88, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 60.15, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0202 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.139 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4543, 66.2502, 20.4275)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD55F #5F76EC

analogous

#EC8F5F #ECD55F #BCEC5F

triadic

#ECD55F #5FECD5 #D55FEC

tetradic

#ECD55F #5FEC8F #5F76EC #EC5FBC

square

#ECD55F #5FEC8F #5F76EC #EC5FBC

split-complementary

#ECD55F #5FBCEC #8F5FEC

monochromatic

#BAA016 #E6C728 #ECD55F #F2E396 #F9F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#ECD55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD55F

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD55F	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)

#E8D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.139 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e191',
    500: '#ecd55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd55f;
$custom-light: #f5e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86977,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD55F

secondary

#364BBA

accent

#2CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD55F

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

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