#ECD657#ECD657

#ECD657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.147 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD657
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -6.90, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 63.89, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0241 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3615, 66.6168, 18.6938)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD657 #576DEC

analogous

#EC8B57 #ECD657 #B7EC57

triadic

#ECD657 #57ECD6 #D657EC

tetradic

#ECD657 #57EC8B #576DEC #EC57B7

square

#ECD657 #57EC8B #576DEC #EC57B7

split-complementary

#ECD657 #57B7EC #8B57EC

monochromatic

#B49D14 #E6C920 #ECD657 #F2E38E #F8F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#ECD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD657

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD657	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e28c',
    500: '#ecd657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd657;
$custom-light: #f5e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87102,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD657

secondary

#3346B4

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD657

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

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