#ECD371#ECD371

#ECD371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.122 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD371
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -3.50, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 51.32, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0114 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.122 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.8691, 65.6162, 25.0785)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD371 #718AEC

analogous

#EC9571 #ECD371 #C7EC71

triadic

#ECD371 #71ECD3 #D371EC

tetradic

#ECD371 #71EC95 #718AEC #EC71C7

square

#ECD371 #71EC95 #718AEC #EC71C7

split-complementary

#ECD371 #71C7EC #9571EC

monochromatic

#C8A51B #E5C23B #ECD371 #F3E4A7 #FAF4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#ECD371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD371

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD371	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.122 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e09c',
    500: '#ecd371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd371;
$custom-light: #f4e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86781,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD371

secondary

#3D58C4

accent

#36D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD371

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

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