#ECD56F#ECD56F

#ECD56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.125 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD56F
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, -4.69, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 52.93, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.015 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.125 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2577, 66.5716, 24.6587)
Luminance	0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD56F #6F86EC

analogous

#EC966F #ECD56F #C4EC6F

triadic

#ECD56F #6FECD5 #D56FEC

tetradic

#ECD56F #6FEC96 #6F86EC #EC6FC4

square

#ECD56F #6FEC96 #6F86EC #EC6FC4

split-complementary

#ECD56F #6FC4EC #966FEC

monochromatic

#C6A71A #E5C539 #ECD56F #F3E5A5 #FAF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#ECD56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD56F

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD56F	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)

#E7D166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.125 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e19b',
    500: '#ecd56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd56f;
$custom-light: #f5e19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87159,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD56F

secondary

#3B54C4

accent

#32D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD56F

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

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