#ECD86B#ECD86B

#ECD86B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.131 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD86B
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -6.53, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 55.82, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0207 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.131 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8040, 68.0086, 23.7785)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD86B #6B7FEC

analogous

#EC986B #ECD86B #BFEC6B

triadic

#ECD86B #6BECD8 #D86BEC

tetradic

#ECD86B #6BEC98 #6B7FEC #EC6BBF

square

#ECD86B #6BEC98 #6B7FEC #EC6BBF

split-complementary

#ECD86B #6BBFEC #986BEC

monochromatic

#C4A919 #E5CA35 #ECD86B #F3E6A1 #FAF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#ECD86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD86B

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD86B	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.131 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e398',
    500: '#ecd86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd86b;
$custom-light: #f5e398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87718,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD86B

secondary

#3A4FC2

accent

#2CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD86B

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

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