#ECD962#ECD962

#ECD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD962
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -7.70, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 60.20, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0251 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6118, 68.3429, 21.4990)
Luminance	0.6834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD962 #6275EC

analogous

#EC9462 #ECD962 #BAEC62

triadic

#ECD962 #62ECD9 #D962EC

tetradic

#ECD962 #62EC94 #6275EC #EC62BA

square

#ECD962 #62EC94 #6275EC #EC62BA

split-complementary

#ECD962 #62BAEC #9462EC

monochromatic

#BDA617 #E5CC2B #ECD962 #F3E699 #F9F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#ECD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD962

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD962	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e493',
    500: '#ecd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd962;
$custom-light: #f5e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87821,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD962

secondary

#3749BC

accent

#27DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD962

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

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