#ECDB55#ECDB55

#ECDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.152 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB55
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -9.54, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 66.39, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0318 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.152 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5658, 69.1543, 18.6977)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB55 #5566EC

analogous

#EC8F55 #ECDB55 #B1EC55

triadic

#ECDB55 #55ECDB #DB55EC

tetradic

#ECDB55 #55EC8F #5566EC #EC55B1

square

#ECDB55 #55EC8F #5566EC #EC55B1

split-complementary

#ECDB55 #55B1EC #8F55EC

monochromatic

#B3A114 #E6CF1E #ECDB55 #F2E78C #F8F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#ECDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB55

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB55	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.152 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e58b',
    500: '#ecdb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb55;
$custom-light: #f5e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88105,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB55

secondary

#3341B3

accent

#21DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB55

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

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