#ECD65D#ECD65D

#ECD65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD65D
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -6.52, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 61.35, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0223 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(60.6169, 66.7189, 20.0389)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD65D #5D73EC

analogous

#EC8E5D #ECD65D #BBEC5D

triadic

#ECD65D #5DECD6 #D65DEC

tetradic

#ECD65D #5DEC8E #5D73EC #EC5DBB

square

#ECD65D #5DEC8E #5D73EC #EC5DBB

split-complementary

#ECD65D #5DBBEC #8E5DEC

monochromatic

#B9A016 #E6C826 #ECD65D #F2E494 #F9F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#ECD65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD65D

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD65D	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)

#E9D150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e28f',
    500: '#ecd65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd65d;
$custom-light: #f5e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87159,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.66716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD65D

secondary

#3549B8

accent

#2ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD65D

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

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