#ECDA4E#ECDA4E

#ECDA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.156 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDA4E
RGB	rgb(236, 218, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -9.43, 68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 68.82, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0323 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.156 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.0412, 68.5283, 17.2182)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDA4E #4E60EC

analogous

#EC8B4E #ECDA4E #AFEC4E

triadic

#ECDA4E #4EECDA #DA4EEC

tetradic

#ECDA4E #4EEC8B #4E60EC #EC4EAF

square

#ECDA4E #4EEC8B #4E60EC #EC4EAF

split-complementary

#ECDA4E #4EAFEC #8B4EEC

monochromatic

#AD9B13 #E4CD19 #ECDA4E #F2E685 #F8F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECDA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#ECDA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDA4E

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDA4E	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecda4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.156 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e587',
    500: '#ecda4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecda4e;
$custom-light: #f6e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecda4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87841,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDA4E

secondary

#303FAE

accent

#21DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDA4E

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

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