#ECD666#ECD666

#ECD666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD666
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -5.89, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 57.39, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0195 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0392, 66.8879, 22.2632)
Luminance	0.6688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD666 #667CEC

analogous

#EC9366 #ECD666 #BFEC66

triadic

#ECD666 #66ECD6 #D666EC

tetradic

#ECD666 #66EC93 #667CEC #EC66BF

square

#ECD666 #66EC93 #667CEC #EC66BF

split-complementary

#ECD666 #66BFEC #9366EC

monochromatic

#C0A418 #E5C730 #ECD666 #F3E59C #FAF3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#ECD666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD666

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD666	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e295',
    500: '#ecd666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd666;
$custom-light: #f5e295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87255,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD666

secondary

#384EBE

accent

#2DDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD666

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

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