#ECD94B#ECD94B

#ECD94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.158 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD94B
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -9.09, 69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 69.65, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0316 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.158 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.6776, 67.9692, 16.5785)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD94B #4B5EEC

analogous

#EC884B #ECD94B #AEEC4B

triadic

#ECD94B #4BECD9 #D94BEC

tetradic

#ECD94B #4BEC88 #4B5EEC #EC4BAE

square

#ECD94B #4BEC88 #4B5EEC #EC4BAE

split-complementary

#ECD94B #4BAEEC #884BEC

monochromatic

#AB9912 #E2CA18 #ECD94B #F2E582 #F8F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#ECD94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD94B

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD94B	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.158 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e485',
    500: '#ecd94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd94b;
$custom-light: #f6e485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.919,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87613,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD94B

secondary

#303EAC

accent

#21DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD94B

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

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