#ECD857#ECD857

#ECD857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.148 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD857
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -7.91, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 64.55, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0269 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.148 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8707, 67.6353, 18.8636)
Luminance	0.6763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD857 #576BEC

analogous

#EC8D57 #ECD857 #B6EC57

triadic

#ECD857 #57ECD8 #D857EC

tetradic

#ECD857 #57EC8D #576BEC #EC57B6

square

#ECD857 #57EC8D #576BEC #EC57B6

split-complementary

#ECD857 #57B6EC #8D57EC

monochromatic

#B49F14 #E6CB20 #ECD857 #F2E58E #F8F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#ECD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD857

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD857	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.148 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38c',
    500: '#ecd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd857;
$custom-light: #f5e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87509,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD857

secondary

#3344B4

accent

#26DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD857

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

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