#ECD963#ECD963

#ECD963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.139 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD963
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -7.63, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 59.76, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0248 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.139 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6593, 68.3619, 21.7492)
Luminance	0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD963 #6376EC

analogous

#EC9463 #ECD963 #BAEC63

triadic

#ECD963 #63ECD9 #D963EC

tetradic

#ECD963 #63EC94 #6376EC #EC63BA

square

#ECD963 #63EC94 #6376EC #EC63BA

split-complementary

#ECD963 #63BAEC #9463EC

monochromatic

#BEA617 #E5CC2C #ECD963 #F3E69A #F9F4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#ECD963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD963

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD963	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)

#EBD357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.139 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e493',
    500: '#ecd963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd963;
$custom-light: #f5e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87832,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD963

secondary

#3749BC

accent

#28DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD963

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

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