#ECD95D#ECD95D

#ECD95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.144 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD95D
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -8.04, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 62.37, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0266 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.3831, 68.2514, 20.2943)
Luminance	0.6825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD95D #5D70EC

analogous

#EC925D #ECD95D #B8EC5D

triadic

#ECD95D #5DECD9 #D95DEC

tetradic

#ECD95D #5DEC92 #5D70EC #EC5DB8

square

#ECD95D #5DEC92 #5D70EC #EC5DB8

split-complementary

#ECD95D #5DB8EC #925DEC

monochromatic

#B9A316 #E6CC26 #ECD95D #F2E694 #F9F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#ECD95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD95D

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD95D	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.144 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e490',
    500: '#ecd95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd95d;
$custom-light: #f5e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8777,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD95D

secondary

#3546B8

accent

#26DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD95D

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

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