#ECD57E#ECD57E

#ECD57E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.110 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD57E
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 126)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -3.37, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 45.83, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0096 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.11 95)
XYZ	xyz(62.1541, 66.9301, 29.3795)
Luminance	0.6693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD57E #7E95EC

analogous

#EC9E7E #ECD57E #CCEC7E

triadic

#ECD57E #7EECD5 #D57EEC

tetradic

#ECD57E #7EEC9E #7E95EC #EC7ECC

square

#ECD57E #7EEC9E #7E95EC #EC7ECC

split-complementary

#ECD57E #7ECCEC #9E7EEC

monochromatic

#D1AC1F #E4C449 #ECD57E #F4E6B3 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#ECD57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD57E

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD57E	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.110 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a5',
    500: '#ecd57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd57e;
$custom-light: #f4e1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87361,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.66928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD57E

secondary

#4963C5

accent

#39D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD57E

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

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