#ECD65F#ECD65F

#ECD65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD65F
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -6.39, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 60.48, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0217 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7066, 66.7548, 20.5116)
Luminance	0.6675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD65F #5F75EC

analogous

#EC8F5F #ECD65F #BCEC5F

triadic

#ECD65F #5FECD6 #D65FEC

tetradic

#ECD65F #5FEC8F #5F75EC #EC5FBC

square

#ECD65F #5FEC8F #5F75EC #EC5FBC

split-complementary

#ECD65F #5FBCEC #8F5FEC

monochromatic

#BAA116 #E6C828 #ECD65F #F2E496 #F9F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#ECD65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD65F

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD65F	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)

#E9D152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e291',
    500: '#ecd65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd65f;
$custom-light: #f5e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8718,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD65F

secondary

#364ABA

accent

#2BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD65F

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

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