#ECD56C#ECD56C

#ECD56C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD56C
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -4.93, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 54.32, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.016 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0953, 66.5066, 23.8034)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD56C #6C83EC

analogous

#EC956C #ECD56C #C3EC6C

triadic

#ECD56C #6CECD5 #D56CEC

tetradic

#ECD56C #6CEC95 #6C83EC #EC6CC3

square

#ECD56C #6CEC95 #6C83EC #EC6CC3

split-complementary

#ECD56C #6CC3EC #956CEC

monochromatic

#C4A619 #E5C636 #ECD56C #F3E4A2 #FAF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#ECD56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD56C

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD56C	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)

#E7D062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e199',
    500: '#ecd56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd56c;
$custom-light: #f5e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87122,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD56C

secondary

#3A52C2

accent

#31D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD56C

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

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