#ECD86D#ECD86D

#ECD86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD86D
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -6.37, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 54.91, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0201 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9104, 68.0512, 24.3391)
Luminance	0.6805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD86D #6D81EC

analogous

#EC986D #ECD86D #C1EC6D

triadic

#ECD86D #6DECD8 #D86DEC

tetradic

#ECD86D #6DEC98 #6D81EC #EC6DC1

square

#ECD86D #6DEC98 #6D81EC #EC6DC1

split-complementary

#ECD86D #6DC1EC #986DEC

monochromatic

#C5AA1A #E5CA37 #ECD86D #F3E6A3 #FAF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#ECD86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD86D

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD86D	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)

#EAD363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e39a',
    500: '#ecd86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd86d;
$custom-light: #f5e39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87741,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD86D

secondary

#3A50C3

accent

#2DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD86D

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

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