#ECD86C#ECD86C

#ECD86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.130 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD86C
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -6.45, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 55.37, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0204 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.13 99)
XYZ	xyz(61.8569, 68.0298, 24.0572)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD86C #6C80EC

analogous

#EC986C #ECD86C #C0EC6C

triadic

#ECD86C #6CECD8 #D86CEC

tetradic

#ECD86C #6CEC98 #6C80EC #EC6CC0

square

#ECD86C #6CEC98 #6C80EC #EC6CC0

split-complementary

#ECD86C #6CC0EC #986CEC

monochromatic

#C4AA19 #E5CA36 #ECD86C #F3E6A2 #FAF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#ECD86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD86C

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD86C	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.130 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e399',
    500: '#ecd86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd86c;
$custom-light: #f5e399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87729,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD86C

secondary

#3A4FC2

accent

#2CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD86C

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

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