#ECD57A#ECD57A

#ECD57A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.114 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD57A
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 122)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -3.74, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 47.75, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0111 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.114 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9011, 66.8290, 28.0472)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD57A #7A91EC

analogous

#EC9C7A #ECD57A #CAEC7A

triadic

#ECD57A #7AECD5 #D57AEC

tetradic

#ECD57A #7AEC9C #7A91EC #EC7ACA

square

#ECD57A #7AEC9C #7A91EC #EC7ACA

split-complementary

#ECD57A #7ACAEC #9C7AEC

monochromatic

#CEAB1D #E4C444 #ECD57A #F4E6B0 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#ECD57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD57A

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD57A	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.114 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a2',
    500: '#ecd57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd57a;
$custom-light: #f4e1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87304,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD57A

secondary

#455FC5

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD57A

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

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