#ECD565#ECD565

#ECD565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.134 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD565
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -5.46, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 57.49, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0183 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.134 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7376, 66.3636, 21.9195)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD565 #657CEC

analogous

#EC9165 #ECD565 #BFEC65

triadic

#ECD565 #65ECD5 #D565EC

tetradic

#ECD565 #65EC91 #657CEC #EC65BF

square

#ECD565 #65EC91 #657CEC #EC65BF

split-complementary

#ECD565 #65BFEC #9165EC

monochromatic

#BFA218 #E5C62F #ECD565 #F3E49B #F9F3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#ECD565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD565

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD565	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.134 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e194',
    500: '#ecd565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd565;
$custom-light: #f5e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87041,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD565

secondary

#384EBE

accent

#2EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD565

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

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