#ECD85B#ECD85B

#ECD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD85B
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -7.66, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 62.87, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0258 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0387, 67.7025, 19.7482)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD85B #5B6FEC

analogous

#EC905B #ECD85B #B8EC5B

triadic

#ECD85B #5BECD8 #D85BEC

tetradic

#ECD85B #5BEC90 #5B6FEC #EC5BB8

square

#ECD85B #5BEC90 #5B6FEC #EC5BB8

split-complementary

#ECD85B #5BB8EC #905BEC

monochromatic

#B7A115 #E6CB24 #ECD85B #F2E592 #F9F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#ECD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD85B

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD85B	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)

#EBD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38e',
    500: '#ecd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd85b;
$custom-light: #f5e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87547,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD85B

secondary

#3446B7

accent

#27DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD85B

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

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