#ECD079#ECD079

#ECD079 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.111 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD079
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -1.28, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 46.54, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.004 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.111 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6012, 64.3277, 27.3098)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD079 #7995EC

analogous

#EC9679 #ECD079 #CFEC79

triadic

#ECD079 #79ECD0 #D079EC

tetradic

#ECD079 #79EC96 #7995EC #EC79CF

square

#ECD079 #79EC96 #7995EC #EC79CF

split-complementary

#ECD079 #79CFEC #9679EC

monochromatic

#CDA31D #E4BD43 #ECD079 #F4E3AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#ECD079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD079

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD079	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.111 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea1',
    500: '#ecd079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd079;
$custom-light: #f4dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86288,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD079

secondary

#4464C5

accent

#3FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD079

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

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