#ECD560#ECD560

#ECD560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.138 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD560
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -5.81, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 59.71, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0199 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.138 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5001, 66.2685, 20.6684)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD560 #6077EC

analogous

#EC8F60 #ECD560 #BDEC60

triadic

#ECD560 #60ECD5 #D560EC

tetradic

#ECD560 #60EC8F #6077EC #EC60BD

square

#ECD560 #60EC8F #6077EC #EC60BD

split-complementary

#ECD560 #60BDEC #8F60EC

monochromatic

#BBA016 #E5C729 #ECD560 #F3E397 #F9F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#ECD560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD560

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD560	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)

#E8D054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.138 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e191',
    500: '#ecd560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd560;
$custom-light: #f5e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86987,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD560

secondary

#364CBA

accent

#2DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD560

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

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