#ECD473#ECD473

#ECD473 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.121 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD473
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -3.85, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 50.72, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0121 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.121 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2322, 66.1602, 25.7611)
Luminance	0.6616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD473 #738BEC

analogous

#EC9873 #ECD473 #C8EC73

triadic

#ECD473 #73ECD4 #D473EC

tetradic

#ECD473 #73EC98 #738BEC #EC73C8

square

#ECD473 #73EC98 #738BEC #EC73C8

split-complementary

#ECD473 #73C8EC #9873EC

monochromatic

#C9A71B #E5C33D #ECD473 #F3E5A9 #FBF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#ECD473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD473

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD473	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)

#E5D06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.121 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e19d',
    500: '#ecd473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd473;
$custom-light: #f4e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87008,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD473

secondary

#3F59C4

accent

#35D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD473

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

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