#ECD379#ECD379

#ECD379 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.114 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD379
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -2.81, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 47.54, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0085 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.114 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3395, 65.8044, 27.5559)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD379 #7992EC

analogous

#EC9A79 #ECD379 #CBEC79

triadic

#ECD379 #79ECD3 #D379EC

tetradic

#ECD379 #79EC9A #7992EC #EC79CB

square

#ECD379 #79EC9A #7992EC #EC79CB

split-complementary

#ECD379 #79CBEC #9A79EC

monochromatic

#CDA71D #E4C143 #ECD379 #F4E5AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#ECD379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD379

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD379	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.114 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e0a1',
    500: '#ecd379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd379;
$custom-light: #f4e0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86888,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD379

secondary

#4460C5

accent

#3AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD379

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

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