#ECD56B#ECD56B

#ECD56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.129 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD56B
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 107)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -5.01, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 54.78, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0164 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.129 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0424, 66.4855, 23.5247)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD56B #6B82EC

analogous

#EC946B #ECD56B #C3EC6B

triadic

#ECD56B #6BECD5 #D56BEC

tetradic

#ECD56B #6BEC94 #6B82EC #EC6BC3

square

#ECD56B #6BEC94 #6B82EC #EC6BC3

split-complementary

#ECD56B #6BC3EC #946BEC

monochromatic

#C4A519 #E5C635 #ECD56B #F3E4A1 #FAF4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#ECD56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD56B

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD56B	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.129 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e198',
    500: '#ecd56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd56b;
$custom-light: #f5e198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8711,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD56B

secondary

#3A52C2

accent

#31D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD56B

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

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