#ECD174#ECD174

#ECD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.117 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD174
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -2.23, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 49.24, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0073 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.117 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.5470, 64.6974, 25.8182)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD174 #748FEC

analogous

#EC9574 #ECD174 #CBEC74

triadic

#ECD174 #74ECD1 #D174EC

tetradic

#ECD174 #74EC95 #748FEC #EC74CB

square

#ECD174 #74EC95 #748FEC #EC74CB

split-complementary

#ECD174 #74CBEC #9574EC

monochromatic

#CAA31C #E5BF3E #ECD174 #F3E3AA #FBF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#ECD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD174

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD174	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.117 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de9e',
    500: '#ecd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd174;
$custom-light: #f4de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86419,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD174

secondary

#405EC5

accent

#3BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD174

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

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