#ECD669#ECD669

#ECD669 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD669
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -5.67, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 56.03, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0185 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1907, 66.9485, 23.0610)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD669 #697FEC

analogous

#EC9569 #ECD669 #C0EC69

triadic

#ECD669 #69ECD6 #D669EC

tetradic

#ECD669 #69EC95 #697FEC #EC69C0

square

#ECD669 #69EC95 #697FEC #EC69C0

split-complementary

#ECD669 #69C0EC #9569EC

monochromatic

#C2A619 #E5C733 #ECD669 #F3E59F #FAF4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#ECD669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD669

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD669	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e297',
    500: '#ecd669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd669;
$custom-light: #f5e297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87289,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD669

secondary

#3950C0

accent

#2EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD669

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

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