#ECD563#ECD563

#ECD563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD563
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -5.60, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 58.39, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.019 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(60.6408, 66.3248, 21.4097)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD563 #637AEC

analogous

#EC9063 #ECD563 #BEEC63

triadic

#ECD563 #63ECD5 #D563EC

tetradic

#ECD563 #63EC90 #637AEC #EC63BE

square

#ECD563 #63EC90 #637AEC #EC63BE

split-complementary

#ECD563 #63BEEC #9063EC

monochromatic

#BEA217 #E5C62C #ECD563 #F3E49A #F9F2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#ECD563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD563

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD563	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)

#E7D057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e193',
    500: '#ecd563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd563;
$custom-light: #f5e193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87019,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.66322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD563

secondary

#374DBC

accent

#2EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD563

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

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