#ECD86E#ECD86E

#ECD86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD86E
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -6.29, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 54.45, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0197 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9645, 68.0728, 24.6242)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD86E #6E82EC

analogous

#EC996E #ECD86E #C1EC6E

triadic

#ECD86E #6EECD8 #D86EEC

tetradic

#ECD86E #6EEC99 #6E82EC #EC6EC1

square

#ECD86E #6EEC99 #6E82EC #EC6EC1

split-complementary

#ECD86E #6EC1EC #996EEC

monochromatic

#C6AA1A #E5C938 #ECD86E #F3E7A4 #FAF5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#ECD86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD86E

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD86E	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)

#E9D364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e39a',
    500: '#ecd86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd86e;
$custom-light: #f5e39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87753,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD86E

secondary

#3B50C3

accent

#2DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD86E

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

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