#ECD85D#ECD85D

#ECD85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD85D
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -7.53, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 62.02, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0252 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1261, 67.7375, 20.2087)
Luminance	0.6774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD85D #5D71EC

analogous

#EC905D #ECD85D #B9EC5D

triadic

#ECD85D #5DECD8 #D85DEC

tetradic

#ECD85D #5DEC90 #5D71EC #EC5DB9

square

#ECD85D #5DEC90 #5D71EC #EC5DB9

split-complementary

#ECD85D #5DB9EC #905DEC

monochromatic

#B9A216 #E6CB26 #ECD85D #F2E594 #F9F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#ECD85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD85D

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD85D	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38f',
    500: '#ecd85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd85d;
$custom-light: #f5e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87566,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD85D

secondary

#3547B8

accent

#27DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD85D

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

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