#ECD765#ECD765

#ECD765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD765
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -6.47, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 58.18, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0213 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(61.2438, 67.3759, 22.0883)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD765 #657AEC

analogous

#EC9365 #ECD765 #BDEC65

triadic

#ECD765 #65ECD7 #D765EC

tetradic

#ECD765 #65EC93 #657AEC #EC65BD

square

#ECD765 #65EC93 #657AEC #EC65BD

split-complementary

#ECD765 #65BDEC #9365EC

monochromatic

#BFA518 #E5C92F #ECD765 #F3E59B #F9F3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#ECD765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD765

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD765	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e394',
    500: '#ecd765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd765;
$custom-light: #f5e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87446,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.67373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD765

secondary

#384CBE

accent

#2BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD765

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

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