#ECD65E#ECD65E

#ECD65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD65E
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -6.46, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 60.91, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.022 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(60.6614, 66.7368, 20.2737)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD65E #5E74EC

analogous

#EC8F5E #ECD65E #BBEC5E

triadic

#ECD65E #5EECD6 #D65EEC

tetradic

#ECD65E #5EEC8F #5E74EC #EC5EBB

square

#ECD65E #5EEC8F #5E74EC #EC5EBB

split-complementary

#ECD65E #5EBBEC #8F5EEC

monochromatic

#BAA016 #E6C827 #ECD65E #F2E495 #F9F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#ECD65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD65E

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD65E	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e290',
    500: '#ecd65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd65e;
$custom-light: #f5e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87169,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.66734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD65E

secondary

#354AB9

accent

#2BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD65E

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

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