#ECD56A#ECD56A

#ECD56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD56A
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -5.08, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 55.23, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0167 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9901, 66.4645, 23.2492)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD56A #6A81EC

analogous

#EC946A #ECD56A #C2EC6A

triadic

#ECD56A #6AECD5 #D56AEC

tetradic

#ECD56A #6AEC94 #6A81EC #EC6AC2

square

#ECD56A #6AEC94 #6A81EC #EC6AC2

split-complementary

#ECD56A #6AC2EC #946AEC

monochromatic

#C3A519 #E5C634 #ECD56A #F3E4A0 #FAF4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#ECD56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD56A

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD56A	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e197',
    500: '#ecd56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd56a;
$custom-light: #f5e197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87098,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD56A

secondary

#3951C1

accent

#30DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD56A

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

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