#ECD58B#ECD58B

#ECD58B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.097 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD58B
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -2.08, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 39.51, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0047 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.097 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0480, 67.2877, 34.0878)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD58B #8BA2EC

analogous

#ECA48B #ECD58B #D2EC8B

triadic

#ECD58B #8BECD5 #D58BEC

tetradic

#ECD58B #8BECA4 #8BA2EC #EC8BD2

square

#ECD58B #8BECA4 #8BA2EC #EC8BD2

split-complementary

#ECD58B #8BD2EC #A48BEC

monochromatic

#D9AE24 #E3C256 #ECD58B #F5E8C0 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD58B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#ECD58B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD58B

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD58B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD58B	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd58b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.097 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1ae',
    500: '#ecd58b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd58b;
$custom-light: #f3e1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd58b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87562,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD58B

secondary

#5570C7

accent

#40D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD58B

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

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