#ECDB56#ECDB56

#ECDB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.151 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB56
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -9.48, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 65.98, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0315 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.151 102)
XYZ	xyz(61.6058, 69.1703, 18.9084)
Luminance	0.6917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB56 #5667EC

analogous

#EC9056 #ECDB56 #B2EC56

triadic

#ECDB56 #56ECDB #DB56EC

tetradic

#ECDB56 #56EC90 #5667EC #EC56B2

square

#ECDB56 #56EC90 #5667EC #EC56B2

split-complementary

#ECDB56 #56B2EC #9056EC

monochromatic

#B3A114 #E6CF1F #ECDB56 #F2E78D #F8F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECDB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#ECDB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB56

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB56	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)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.151 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e58b',
    500: '#ecdb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb56;
$custom-light: #f5e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88114,
    "c": 0.15148,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.69168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB56

secondary

#3341B3

accent

#21DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB56

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

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