#ECD56D#ECD56D

#ECD56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.127 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD56D
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -4.85, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 53.86, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0157 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.127 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1488, 66.5280, 24.0852)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD56D #6D84EC

analogous

#EC966D #ECD56D #C3EC6D

triadic

#ECD56D #6DECD5 #D56DEC

tetradic

#ECD56D #6DEC96 #6D84EC #EC6DC3

square

#ECD56D #6DEC96 #6D84EC #EC6DC3

split-complementary

#ECD56D #6DC3EC #966DEC

monochromatic

#C5A61A #E5C537 #ECD56D #F3E5A3 #FAF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#ECD56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD56D

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD56D	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.127 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e199',
    500: '#ecd56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd56d;
$custom-light: #f5e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87134,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD56D

secondary

#3A53C3

accent

#31D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD56D

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

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