#ECD862#ECD862

#ECD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD862
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -7.19, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 59.85, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0236 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3549, 67.8290, 21.4134)
Luminance	0.6783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD862 #6276EC

analogous

#EC9362 #ECD862 #BBEC62

triadic

#ECD862 #62ECD8 #D862EC

tetradic

#ECD862 #62EC93 #6276EC #EC62BB

square

#ECD862 #62EC93 #6276EC #EC62BB

split-complementary

#ECD862 #62BBEC #9362EC

monochromatic

#BDA517 #E5CA2B #ECD862 #F3E699 #F9F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#ECD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD862

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD862	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e393',
    500: '#ecd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd862;
$custom-light: #f5e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87617,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD862

secondary

#374ABC

accent

#29DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD862

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

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