#ECD179#ECD179

#ECD179 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.112 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD179
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -1.79, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 46.86, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0055 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.112 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8457, 64.8169, 27.3913)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD179 #7994EC

analogous

#EC9879 #ECD179 #CDEC79

triadic

#ECD179 #79ECD1 #D179EC

tetradic

#ECD179 #79EC98 #7994EC #EC79CD

square

#ECD179 #79EC98 #7994EC #EC79CD

split-complementary

#ECD179 #79CDEC #9879EC

monochromatic

#CDA41D #E4BF43 #ECD179 #F4E3AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#ECD179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD179

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD179	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)

#E2CE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.112 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea1',
    500: '#ecd179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd179;
$custom-light: #f4dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86487,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD179

secondary

#4462C5

accent

#3DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD179

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

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