#ECD57F#ECD57F

#ECD57F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.109 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD57F
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 127)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -3.28, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 45.35, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0093 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.109 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2189, 66.9561, 29.7210)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD57F #7F96EC

analogous

#EC9E7F #ECD57F #CDEC7F

triadic

#ECD57F #7FECD5 #D57FEC

tetradic

#ECD57F #7FEC9E #7F96EC #EC7FCD

square

#ECD57F #7FEC9E #7F96EC #EC7FCD

split-complementary

#ECD57F #7FCDEC #9E7FEC

monochromatic

#D2AC1F #E4C44A #ECD57F #F4E6B4 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD57F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#ECD57F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD57F

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD57F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD57F	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)

#E5D178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd57f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.109 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a5',
    500: '#ecd57f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd57f;
$custom-light: #f4e1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd57f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.339,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87376,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD57F

secondary

#4A64C6

accent

#39D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD57F

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

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