#ECDB4E#ECDB4E

#ECDB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.157 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB4E
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -9.93, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 69.16, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0337 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.157 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3013, 69.0485, 17.3049)
Luminance	0.6905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB4E #4E5FEC

analogous

#EC8C4E #ECDB4E #AEEC4E

triadic

#ECDB4E #4EECDB #DB4EEC

tetradic

#ECDB4E #4EEC8C #4E5FEC #EC4EAE

square

#ECDB4E #4EEC8C #4E5FEC #EC4EAE

split-complementary

#ECDB4E #4EAEEC #8C4EEC

monochromatic

#AD9C13 #E4CE19 #ECDB4E #F2E685 #F8F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECDB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#ECDB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB4E

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB4E	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.157 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e587',
    500: '#ecdb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb4e;
$custom-light: #f6e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.544,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88046,
    "c": 0.15722,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB4E

secondary

#303EAE

accent

#1FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB4E

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

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