#ECD95E#ECD95E

#ECD95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD95E
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.14, -7.97, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.14, 61.94, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0263 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4277, 68.2692, 20.5291)
Luminance	0.6827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD95E #5E71EC

analogous

#EC925E #ECD95E #B8EC5E

triadic

#ECD95E #5EECD9 #D95EEC

tetradic

#ECD95E #5EEC92 #5E71EC #EC5EB8

square

#ECD95E #5EEC92 #5E71EC #EC5EB8

split-complementary

#ECD95E #5EB8EC #925EEC

monochromatic

#BAA416 #E6CC27 #ECD95E #F2E695 #F9F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#ECD95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD95E

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD95E	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)

#ECD350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e490',
    500: '#ecd95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd95e;
$custom-light: #f5e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8778,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD95E

secondary

#3547B9

accent

#26DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD95E

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

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