#ECD860#ECD860

#ECD860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD860
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -7.33, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 60.73, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0243 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2616, 67.7917, 20.9222)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD860 #6074EC

analogous

#EC9260 #ECD860 #BAEC60

triadic

#ECD860 #60ECD8 #D860EC

tetradic

#ECD860 #60EC92 #6074EC #EC60BA

square

#ECD860 #60EC92 #6074EC #EC60BA

split-complementary

#ECD860 #60BAEC #9260EC

monochromatic

#BBA416 #E5CB29 #ECD860 #F3E597 #F9F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#ECD860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD860

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD860	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e391',
    500: '#ecd860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd860;
$custom-light: #f5e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87597,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD860

secondary

#3649BA

accent

#28DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD860

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

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