#ECD58D#ECD58D

#ECD58D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.094 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD58D
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 141)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -1.87, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 38.53, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.004 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.094 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1955, 67.3467, 34.8645)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD58D #8DA4EC

analogous

#ECA68D #ECD58D #D4EC8D

triadic

#ECD58D #8DECD5 #D58DEC

tetradic

#ECD58D #8DECA6 #8DA4EC #EC8DD4

square

#ECD58D #8DECA6 #8DA4EC #EC8DD4

split-complementary

#ECD58D #8DD4EC #A68DEC

monochromatic

#DAAE24 #E3C259 #ECD58D #F5E8C1 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#ECD58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD58D

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD58D	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.094 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1af',
    500: '#ecd58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd58d;
$custom-light: #f3e1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87595,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD58D

secondary

#5672C7

accent

#41D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD58D

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

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