#ECD57B#ECD57B

#ECD57B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.113 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD57B
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 123)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -3.65, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 47.27, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0107 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.113 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9634, 66.8539, 28.3752)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD57B #7B92EC

analogous

#EC9D7B #ECD57B #CAEC7B

triadic

#ECD57B #7BECD5 #D57BEC

tetradic

#ECD57B #7BEC9D #7B92EC #EC7BCA

square

#ECD57B #7BEC9D #7B92EC #EC7BCA

split-complementary

#ECD57B #7BCAEC #9D7BEC

monochromatic

#CFAB1E #E4C446 #ECD57B #F4E6B0 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD57B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#ECD57B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD57B

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD57B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD57B	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)

#E6D174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd57b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.113 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a3',
    500: '#ecd57b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd57b;
$custom-light: #f4e1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd57b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87318,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD57B

secondary

#4660C5

accent

#37D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD57B

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

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