#ECD84D#ECD84D

#ECD84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.155 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD84D
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -8.48, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 68.56, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0297 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.155 101)
XYZ	xyz(60.4901, 67.4831, 16.8590)
Luminance	0.6748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD84D #4D61EC

analogous

#EC894D #ECD84D #B1EC4D

triadic

#ECD84D #4DECD8 #D84DEC

tetradic

#ECD84D #4DEC89 #4D61EC #EC4DB1

square

#ECD84D #4DEC89 #4D61EC #EC4DB1

split-complementary

#ECD84D #4DB1EC #894DEC

monochromatic

#AC9912 #E4CA18 #ECD84D #F2E484 #F8F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#ECD84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD84D

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD84D	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.155 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e386',
    500: '#ecd84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd84d;
$custom-light: #f6e386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.453,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87424,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.6748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD84D

secondary

#3040AD

accent

#23DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD84D

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

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