#ECD85F#ECD85F

#ECD85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD85F
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -7.40, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 61.16, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0246 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(61.2159, 67.7734, 20.6813)
Luminance	0.6777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD85F #5F73EC

analogous

#EC915F #ECD85F #BAEC5F

triadic

#ECD85F #5FECD8 #D85FEC

tetradic

#ECD85F #5FEC91 #5F73EC #EC5FBA

square

#ECD85F #5FEC91 #5F73EC #EC5FBA

split-complementary

#ECD85F #5FBAEC #915FEC

monochromatic

#BAA316 #E6CB28 #ECD85F #F2E596 #F9F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#ECD85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD85F

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD85F	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)

#EBD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e391',
    500: '#ecd85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd85f;
$custom-light: #f5e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87586,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.67771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD85F

secondary

#3648BA

accent

#28DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD85F

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

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