#ECD852#ECD852

#ECD852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.152 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD852
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -8.21, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 66.59, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0283 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.152 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6735, 67.5564, 17.8248)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD852 #5266EC

analogous

#EC8B52 #ECD852 #B3EC52

triadic

#ECD852 #52ECD8 #D852EC

tetradic

#ECD852 #52EC8B #5266EC #EC52B3

square

#ECD852 #52EC8B #5266EC #EC52B3

split-complementary

#ECD852 #52B3EC #8B52EC

monochromatic

#B09C13 #E6CC1B #ECD852 #F2E489 #F8F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#ECD852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD852

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD852	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.152 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e389',
    500: '#ecd852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd852;
$custom-light: #f6e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87465,
    "c": 0.15189,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD852

secondary

#3242B1

accent

#24DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD852

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

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