#ECD478#ECD478

#ECD478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.116 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD478
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -3.41, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 48.36, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0103 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.116 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5277, 66.2784, 27.3177)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD478 #7890EC

analogous

#EC9A78 #ECD478 #CAEC78

triadic

#ECD478 #78ECD4 #D478EC

tetradic

#ECD478 #78EC9A #7890EC #EC78CA

square

#ECD478 #78EC9A #7890EC #EC78CA

split-complementary

#ECD478 #78CAEC #9A78EC

monochromatic

#CDA81D #E4C342 #ECD478 #F4E5AE #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#ECD478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD478

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD478	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.116 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a1',
    500: '#ecd478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd478;
$custom-light: #f4e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87075,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD478

secondary

#435EC5

accent

#38D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD478

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

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