#ECD969#ECD969

#ECD969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD969
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -7.19, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 57.09, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0228 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9569, 68.4809, 23.3164)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD969 #697CEC

analogous

#EC9869 #ECD969 #BDEC69

triadic

#ECD969 #69ECD9 #D969EC

tetradic

#ECD969 #69EC98 #697CEC #EC69BD

square

#ECD969 #69EC98 #697CEC #EC69BD

split-complementary

#ECD969 #69BDEC #9869EC

monochromatic

#C2A919 #E5CB33 #ECD969 #F3E79F #FAF5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#ECD969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD969

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD969	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e497',
    500: '#ecd969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd969;
$custom-light: #f5e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87898,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD969

secondary

#394DC0

accent

#2ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD969

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

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