#ECD85C#ECD85C

#ECD85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD85C
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -7.60, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 62.45, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0255 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.144 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0821, 67.7199, 19.9769)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD85C #5C70EC

analogous

#EC905C #ECD85C #B8EC5C

triadic

#ECD85C #5CECD8 #D85CEC

tetradic

#ECD85C #5CEC90 #5C70EC #EC5CB8

square

#ECD85C #5CEC90 #5C70EC #EC5CB8

split-complementary

#ECD85C #5CB8EC #905CEC

monochromatic

#B8A215 #E6CB25 #ECD85C #F2E593 #F9F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#ECD85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD85C

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD85C	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)

#EBD24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.144 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38f',
    500: '#ecd85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd85c;
$custom-light: #f5e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87556,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD85C

secondary

#3547B8

accent

#27DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD85C

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

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