#ECD172#ECD172

#ECD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.119 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD172
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -2.40, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 50.18, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% -0.008 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.119 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4320, 64.6513, 25.2121)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD172 #728DEC

analogous

#EC9472 #ECD172 #CAEC72

triadic

#ECD172 #72ECD1 #D172EC

tetradic

#ECD172 #72EC94 #728DEC #EC72CA

square

#ECD172 #72EC94 #728DEC #EC72CA

split-complementary

#ECD172 #72CAEC #9472EC

monochromatic

#C9A21B #E5BF3C #ECD172 #F3E3A8 #FBF4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#ECD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD172

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD172	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)

#E3CE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.119 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de9d',
    500: '#ecd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd172;
$custom-light: #f4de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86392,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD172

secondary

#3E5CC4

accent

#3AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD172

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

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