#ECD272#ECD272

#ECD272 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.120 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD272
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -2.91, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 50.51, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0095 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.12 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.6781, 65.1436, 25.2941)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD272 #728CEC

analogous

#EC9572 #ECD272 #C9EC72

triadic

#ECD272 #72ECD2 #D272EC

tetradic

#ECD272 #72EC95 #728CEC #EC72C9

square

#ECD272 #72EC95 #728CEC #EC72C9

split-complementary

#ECD272 #72C9EC #9572EC

monochromatic

#C9A41B #E5C13C #ECD272 #F3E3A8 #FBF4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#ECD272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD272

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD272	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.120 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df9d',
    500: '#ecd272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd272;
$custom-light: #f4df9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86593,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD272

secondary

#3E5BC4

accent

#38D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD272

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

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