#ECD278#ECD278

#ECD278 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.114 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD278
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -2.39, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 47.67, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0074 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.114 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0308, 65.2847, 27.1521)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD278 #7892EC

analogous

#EC9878 #ECD278 #CCEC78

triadic

#ECD278 #78ECD2 #D278EC

tetradic

#ECD278 #78EC98 #7892EC #EC78CC

square

#ECD278 #78EC98 #7892EC #EC78CC

split-complementary

#ECD278 #78CCEC #9878EC

monochromatic

#CDA51D #E4C042 #ECD278 #F4E4AE #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#ECD278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD278

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD278	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.114 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dfa1',
    500: '#ecd278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd278;
$custom-light: #f4dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86674,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD278

secondary

#4360C5

accent

#3BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD278

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

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