#ECD173#ECD173

#ECD173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.118 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD173
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -2.31, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 49.71, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0077 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.118 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.4892, 64.6742, 25.5135)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD173 #738EEC

analogous

#EC9573 #ECD173 #CBEC73

triadic

#ECD173 #73ECD1 #D173EC

tetradic

#ECD173 #73EC95 #738EEC #EC73CB

square

#ECD173 #73EC95 #738EEC #EC73CB

split-complementary

#ECD173 #73CBEC #9573EC

monochromatic

#C9A21B #E5BF3D #ECD173 #F3E3A9 #FBF4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#ECD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD173

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD173	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)

#E2CE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.118 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de9d',
    500: '#ecd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd173;
$custom-light: #f4de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86405,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD173

secondary

#3F5DC4

accent

#3BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD173

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

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