#ECD662#ECD662

#ECD662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD662
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -6.18, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 59.17, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0207 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8456, 66.8104, 21.2436)
Luminance	0.6681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD662 #6278EC

analogous

#EC9162 #ECD662 #BDEC62

triadic

#ECD662 #62ECD6 #D662EC

tetradic

#ECD662 #62EC91 #6278EC #EC62BD

square

#ECD662 #62EC91 #6278EC #EC62BD

split-complementary

#ECD662 #62BDEC #9162EC

monochromatic

#BDA217 #E5C82B #ECD662 #F3E499 #F9F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#ECD662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD662

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD662	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e292',
    500: '#ecd662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd662;
$custom-light: #f5e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87211,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD662

secondary

#374CBC

accent

#2CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD662

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

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