#ECD171#ECD171

#ECD171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.120 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD171
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 113)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -2.48, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 50.65, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0084 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.12 94)
XYZ	xyz(60.3753, 64.6287, 24.9140)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD171 #718CEC

analogous

#EC9371 #ECD171 #CAEC71

triadic

#ECD171 #71ECD1 #D171EC

tetradic

#ECD171 #71EC93 #718CEC #EC71CA

square

#ECD171 #71EC93 #718CEC #EC71CA

split-complementary

#ECD171 #71CAEC #9371EC

monochromatic

#C8A21B #E5C03B #ECD171 #F3E2A7 #FAF4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#ECD171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD171

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD171	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.120 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de9c',
    500: '#ecd171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd171;
$custom-light: #f4de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86379,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.64626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD171

secondary

#3D5BC4

accent

#3AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD171

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

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