#ECD756#ECD756

#ECD756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD756
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -7.47, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 64.63, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0258 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(60.5747, 67.1083, 18.5648)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD756 #566BEC

analogous

#EC8C56 #ECD756 #B6EC56

triadic

#ECD756 #56ECD7 #D756EC

tetradic

#ECD756 #56EC8C #566BEC #EC56B6

square

#ECD756 #56EC8C #566BEC #EC56B6

split-complementary

#ECD756 #56B6EC #8C56EC

monochromatic

#B39D14 #E6CA1F #ECD756 #F2E48D #F8F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#ECD756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD756

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD756	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38b',
    500: '#ecd756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd756;
$custom-light: #f5e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87296,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.67106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD756

secondary

#3345B3

accent

#27DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD756

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

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