#ECD474#ECD474

#ECD474 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.120 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD474
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -3.76, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 50.25, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0118 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.12 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2900, 66.1833, 26.0658)
Luminance	0.6618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD474 #748CEC

analogous

#EC9874 #ECD474 #C8EC74

triadic

#ECD474 #74ECD4 #D474EC

tetradic

#ECD474 #74EC98 #748CEC #EC74C8

square

#ECD474 #74EC98 #748CEC #EC74C8

split-complementary

#ECD474 #74C8EC #9874EC

monochromatic

#CAA71C #E5C33E #ECD474 #F3E5AA #FBF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#ECD474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD474

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD474	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.120 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e19e',
    500: '#ecd474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd474;
$custom-light: #f4e19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87021,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD474

secondary

#405AC5

accent

#36D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD474

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

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