#ECD562#ECD562

#ECD562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD562
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -5.67, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 58.83, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0193 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5933, 66.3058, 21.1595)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD562 #6279EC

analogous

#EC9062 #ECD562 #BEEC62

triadic

#ECD562 #62ECD5 #D562EC

tetradic

#ECD562 #62EC90 #6279EC #EC62BE

square

#ECD562 #62EC90 #6279EC #EC62BE

split-complementary

#ECD562 #62BEEC #9062EC

monochromatic

#BDA117 #E5C62B #ECD562 #F3E499 #F9F2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#ECD562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD562

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD562	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e192',
    500: '#ecd562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd562;
$custom-light: #f5e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87008,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD562

secondary

#374DBC

accent

#2DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD562

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

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