#ECD58E#ECD58E

#ECD58E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.093 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD58E
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 142)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -1.76, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 38.04, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0036 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.093 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.2703, 67.3766, 35.2581)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD58E #8EA5EC

analogous

#ECA68E #ECD58E #D4EC8E

triadic

#ECD58E #8EECD5 #D58EEC

tetradic

#ECD58E #8EECA6 #8EA5EC #EC8ED4

square

#ECD58E #8EECA6 #8EA5EC #EC8ED4

split-complementary

#ECD58E #8ED4EC #A68EEC

monochromatic

#DAAE25 #E3C25A #ECD58E #F5E8C2 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#ECD58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD58E

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD58E	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)

#E4D289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.093 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b0',
    500: '#ecd58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd58e;
$custom-light: #f3e1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.319,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87612,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD58E

secondary

#5773C7

accent

#41D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD58E

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

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