#ECD968#ECD968

#ECD968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD968
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 55.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -7.26, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 57.54, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0232 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9058, 68.4605, 23.0473)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD968 #687BEC

analogous

#EC9768 #ECD968 #BDEC68

triadic

#ECD968 #68ECD9 #D968EC

tetradic

#ECD968 #68EC97 #687BEC #EC68BD

square

#ECD968 #68EC97 #687BEC #EC68BD

split-complementary

#ECD968 #68BDEC #9768EC

monochromatic

#C1A918 #E5CB32 #ECD968 #F3E79E #FAF4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#ECD968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD968

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD968	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e496',
    500: '#ecd968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd968;
$custom-light: #f5e496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87886,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD968

secondary

#394CC0

accent

#29DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD968

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

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