#ECD170#ECD170

#ECD170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.121 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD170
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -2.57, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 51.12, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0088 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.121 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3194, 64.6063, 24.6191)
Luminance	0.6460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD170 #708BEC

analogous

#EC9370 #ECD170 #C9EC70

triadic

#ECD170 #70ECD1 #D170EC

tetradic

#ECD170 #70EC93 #708BEC #EC70C9

square

#ECD170 #70EC93 #708BEC #EC70C9

split-complementary

#ECD170 #70C9EC #9370EC

monochromatic

#C7A21A #E5C03A #ECD170 #F3E2A6 #FAF4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#ECD170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD170

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD170	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.121 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de9b',
    500: '#ecd170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd170;
$custom-light: #f5de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86366,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD170

secondary

#3C5AC4

accent

#39D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD170

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

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