#ECD65B#ECD65B

#ECD65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD65B
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -6.65, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 62.20, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0229 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5294, 66.6840, 19.5785)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD65B #5B71EC

analogous

#EC8E5B #ECD65B #B9EC5B

triadic

#ECD65B #5BECD6 #D65BEC

tetradic

#ECD65B #5BEC8E #5B71EC #EC5BB9

square

#ECD65B #5BEC8E #5B71EC #EC5BB9

split-complementary

#ECD65B #5BB9EC #8E5BEC

monochromatic

#B79F15 #E6C824 #ECD65B #F2E492 #F9F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#ECD65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD65B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD65B	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e28e',
    500: '#ecd65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd65b;
$custom-light: #f5e28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8714,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD65B

secondary

#3448B7

accent

#2ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD65B

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

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