#ECD65C#ECD65C

#ECD65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD65C
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -6.59, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 61.78, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0226 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5729, 66.7013, 19.8072)
Luminance	0.6670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD65C #5C72EC

analogous

#EC8E5C #ECD65C #BAEC5C

triadic

#ECD65C #5CECD6 #D65CEC

tetradic

#ECD65C #5CEC8E #5C72EC #EC5CBA

square

#ECD65C #5CEC8E #5C72EC #EC5CBA

split-complementary

#ECD65C #5CBAEC #8E5CEC

monochromatic

#B89F15 #E6C825 #ECD65C #F2E493 #F9F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#ECD65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD65C

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD65C	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)

#E9D14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e28f',
    500: '#ecd65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd65c;
$custom-light: #f5e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8715,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD65C

secondary

#3549B8

accent

#2ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD65C

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

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