#ECD65A#ECD65A

#ECD65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.144 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD65A
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -6.72, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 62.63, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0232 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.144 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4866, 66.6668, 19.3528)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD65A #5A70EC

analogous

#EC8D5A #ECD65A #B9EC5A

triadic

#ECD65A #5AECD6 #D65AEC

tetradic

#ECD65A #5AEC8D #5A70EC #EC5AB9

square

#ECD65A #5AEC8D #5A70EC #EC5AB9

split-complementary

#ECD65A #5AB9EC #8D5AEC

monochromatic

#B79E15 #E6C823 #ECD65A #F2E491 #F9F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#ECD65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD65A

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD65A	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.144 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e28d',
    500: '#ecd65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd65a;
$custom-light: #f5e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8713,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD65A

secondary

#3448B6

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD65A

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

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