#ECD078#ECD078

#ECD078 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.112 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD078
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -1.37, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 47.01, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0044 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.112 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5402, 64.3033, 26.9885)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD078 #7894EC

analogous

#EC9678 #ECD078 #CEEC78

triadic

#ECD078 #78ECD0 #D078EC

tetradic

#ECD078 #78EC96 #7894EC #EC78CE

square

#ECD078 #78EC96 #7894EC #EC78CE

split-complementary

#ECD078 #78CEEC #9678EC

monochromatic

#CDA21D #E4BD42 #ECD078 #F4E3AE #FBF5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#ECD078 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD078

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD078	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.112 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea0',
    500: '#ecd078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd078;
$custom-light: #f4dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86273,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD078

secondary

#4363C5

accent

#3FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD078

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

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