#ECD571#ECD571

#ECD571 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.123 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD571
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -4.52, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 52.00, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0143 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.123 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3691, 66.6161, 25.2452)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD571 #7188EC

analogous

#EC9771 #ECD571 #C6EC71

triadic

#ECD571 #71ECD5 #D571EC

tetradic

#ECD571 #71EC97 #7188EC #EC71C6

square

#ECD571 #71EC97 #7188EC #EC71C6

split-complementary

#ECD571 #71C6EC #9771EC

monochromatic

#C8A71B #E5C53B #ECD571 #F3E5A7 #FAF5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#ECD571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD571

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD571	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.123 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e19c',
    500: '#ecd571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd571;
$custom-light: #f4e19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87184,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD571

secondary

#3D56C4

accent

#33D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD571

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

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