#ECD965#ECD965

#ECD965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD965
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -7.48, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 58.88, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0241 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7561, 68.4006, 22.2590)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD965 #6578EC

analogous

#EC9565 #ECD965 #BBEC65

triadic

#ECD965 #65ECD9 #D965EC

tetradic

#ECD965 #65EC95 #6578EC #EC65BB

square

#ECD965 #65EC95 #6578EC #EC65BB

split-complementary

#ECD965 #65BBEC #9565EC

monochromatic

#BFA718 #E5CC2F #ECD965 #F3E69B #F9F4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#ECD965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD965

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD965	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e494',
    500: '#ecd965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd965;
$custom-light: #f5e494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87853,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD965

secondary

#384ABE

accent

#28DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD965

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

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