#ECD279#ECD279

#ECD279 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.113 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD279
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -2.30, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 47.20, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.007 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.113 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0919, 65.3091, 27.4734)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD279 #7993EC

analogous

#EC9979 #ECD279 #CCEC79

triadic

#ECD279 #79ECD2 #D279EC

tetradic

#ECD279 #79EC99 #7993EC #EC79CC

square

#ECD279 #79EC99 #7993EC #EC79CC

split-complementary

#ECD279 #79CCEC #9979EC

monochromatic

#CDA61D #E4C043 #ECD279 #F4E4AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#ECD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD279

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD279	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)

#E3CF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.113 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dfa1',
    500: '#ecd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd279;
$custom-light: #f4dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86688,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD279

secondary

#4461C5

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD279

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

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