#ECD660#ECD660

#ECD660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD660
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -6.32, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 60.04, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0214 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7524, 66.7731, 20.7525)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD660 #6076EC

analogous

#EC9060 #ECD660 #BCEC60

triadic

#ECD660 #60ECD6 #D660EC

tetradic

#ECD660 #60EC90 #6076EC #EC60BC

square

#ECD660 #60EC90 #6076EC #EC60BC

split-complementary

#ECD660 #60BCEC #9060EC

monochromatic

#BBA116 #E5C829 #ECD660 #F3E497 #F9F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#ECD660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD660

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD660	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)

#E9D153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e291',
    500: '#ecd660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd660;
$custom-light: #f5e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8719,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD660

secondary

#364BBA

accent

#2BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD660

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

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