#ECD472#ECD472

#ECD472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.121 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD472
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -3.93, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 51.19, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0125 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.121 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.1749, 66.1373, 25.4597)
Luminance	0.6613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD472 #728AEC

analogous

#EC9772 #ECD472 #C7EC72

triadic

#ECD472 #72ECD4 #D472EC

tetradic

#ECD472 #72EC97 #728AEC #EC72C7

square

#ECD472 #72EC97 #728AEC #EC72C7

split-complementary

#ECD472 #72C7EC #9772EC

monochromatic

#C9A61B #E5C43C #ECD472 #F3E4A8 #FBF5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#ECD472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD472

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD472	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.121 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e19d',
    500: '#ecd472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd472;
$custom-light: #f4e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86995,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD472

secondary

#3E58C4

accent

#35D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD472

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

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