#ECD072#ECD072

#ECD072 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.118 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD072
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -1.89, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 49.85, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0066 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.118 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.1874, 64.1622, 25.1306)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD072 #728EEC

analogous

#EC9372 #ECD072 #CBEC72

triadic

#ECD072 #72ECD0 #D072EC

tetradic

#ECD072 #72EC93 #728EEC #EC72CB

square

#ECD072 #72EC93 #728EEC #EC72CB

split-complementary

#ECD072 #72CBEC #9372EC

monochromatic

#C9A11B #E5BE3C #ECD072 #F3E2A8 #FBF4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#ECD072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD072

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD072	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.118 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de9c',
    500: '#ecd072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd072;
$custom-light: #f4de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86192,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD072

secondary

#3E5DC4

accent

#3CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD072

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

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