#ECD85A#ECD85A

#ECD85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD85A
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -7.73, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 63.30, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0261 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.9959, 67.6854, 19.5225)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD85A #5A6EEC

analogous

#EC8F5A #ECD85A #B7EC5A

triadic

#ECD85A #5AECD8 #D85AEC

tetradic

#ECD85A #5AEC8F #5A6EEC #EC5AB7

square

#ECD85A #5AEC8F #5A6EEC #EC5AB7

split-complementary

#ECD85A #5AB7EC #8F5AEC

monochromatic

#B7A015 #E6CB23 #ECD85A #F2E591 #F9F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#ECD85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD85A

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD85A	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38e',
    500: '#ecd85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd85a;
$custom-light: #f5e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87537,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD85A

secondary

#3446B6

accent

#27DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD85A

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

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