#ECD56E#ECD56E

#ECD56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.126 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD56E
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -4.77, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 53.40, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0153 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.126 97)
XYZ	xyz(61.2030, 66.5497, 24.3704)
Luminance	0.6655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD56E #6E85EC

analogous

#EC966E #ECD56E #C4EC6E

triadic

#ECD56E #6EECD5 #D56EEC

tetradic

#ECD56E #6EEC96 #6E85EC #EC6EC4

square

#ECD56E #6EEC96 #6E85EC #EC6EC4

split-complementary

#ECD56E #6EC4EC #966EEC

monochromatic

#C6A61A #E5C538 #ECD56E #F3E5A4 #FAF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#ECD56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD56E

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD56E	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)

#E7D164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.126 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e19a',
    500: '#ecd56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd56e;
$custom-light: #f5e19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87146,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.66547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD56E

secondary

#3B54C3

accent

#32D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD56E

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

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