#ECD863#ECD863

#ECD863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD863
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -7.12, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 59.41, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0233 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4024, 67.8480, 21.6636)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD863 #6377EC

analogous

#EC9363 #ECD863 #BBEC63

triadic

#ECD863 #63ECD8 #D863EC

tetradic

#ECD863 #63EC93 #6377EC #EC63BB

square

#ECD863 #63EC93 #6377EC #EC63BB

split-complementary

#ECD863 #63BBEC #9363EC

monochromatic

#BEA517 #E5CA2C #ECD863 #F3E69A #F9F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#ECD863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD863

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD863	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)

#EAD357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e393',
    500: '#ecd863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd863;
$custom-light: #f5e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87628,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD863

secondary

#374ABC

accent

#29DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD863

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

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