#ECD66F#ECD66F
#ECD66F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.126 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECD66F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 214, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 77%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 53%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 53%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.54, -5.20, 53.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.54, 53.28, 95.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.36% -0.0165 0.1249) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.36% 0.126 97.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.5100, 67.0762, 24.7428) |
| Luminance | 0.6707 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.49
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.30
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.37
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.52
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.53
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECD66F #6F85EC
analogous
#EC976F #ECD66F #C3EC6F
triadic
#ECD66F #6FECD6 #D66FEC
tetradic
#ECD66F #6FEC97 #6F85EC #EC6FC3
square
#ECD66F #6FEC97 #6F85EC #EC6FC3
split-complementary
#ECD66F #6FC3EC #976FEC
monochromatic
#C6A81A #E5C739 #ECD66F #F3E5A5 #FAF5DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#ECD66F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.41
#ECD66F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECD66F
14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECD66F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECD66F | 1.00 | 1.46 | 14.41 | 14.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7D166
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD973
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCC9BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecd66f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.126 97.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5e29b',
500: '#ecd66f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecd66f; $custom-light: #f5e29b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecd66f",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 214,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.44,
"s": 76.687,
"l": 68.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87361,
"c": 0.12598,
"h": 97.5
},
"luminance": 0.67074
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECD66F
secondary
#3B53C4
accent
#31D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F