#ECD966#ECD966

#ECD966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.137 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD966
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -7.41, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 58.43, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.0238 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.137 100)
XYZ	xyz(61.8054, 68.4204, 22.5187)
Luminance	0.6842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD966 #6679EC

analogous

#EC9666 #ECD966 #BCEC66

triadic

#ECD966 #66ECD9 #D966EC

tetradic

#ECD966 #66EC96 #6679EC #EC66BC

square

#ECD966 #66EC96 #6679EC #EC66BC

split-complementary

#ECD966 #66BCEC #9666EC

monochromatic

#C0A818 #E5CB30 #ECD966 #F3E79C #FAF4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#ECD966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD966

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD966	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)

#EBD35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.137 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e495',
    500: '#ecd966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd966;
$custom-light: #f5e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87864,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.68418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD966

secondary

#384BBE

accent

#29DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD966

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

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