#ECD178#ECD178

#ECD178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.113 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD178
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -1.88, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 47.34, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0059 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.113 93)
XYZ	xyz(60.7847, 64.7925, 27.0701)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD178 #7893EC

analogous

#EC9778 #ECD178 #CDEC78

triadic

#ECD178 #78ECD1 #D178EC

tetradic

#ECD178 #78EC97 #7893EC #EC78CD

square

#ECD178 #78EC97 #7893EC #EC78CD

split-complementary

#ECD178 #78CDEC #9778EC

monochromatic

#CDA41D #E4BF42 #ECD178 #F4E3AE #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#ECD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD178

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD178	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.113 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea1',
    500: '#ecd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd178;
$custom-light: #f4dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86473,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.6479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD178

secondary

#4361C5

accent

#3DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD178

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

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