#ECD479#ECD479

#ECD479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.115 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD479
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -3.32, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 47.88, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.01 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.115 95)
XYZ	xyz(61.5887, 66.3028, 27.6390)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD479 #7991EC

analogous

#EC9A79 #ECD479 #CBEC79

triadic

#ECD479 #79ECD4 #D479EC

tetradic

#ECD479 #79EC9A #7991EC #EC79CB

square

#ECD479 #79EC9A #7991EC #EC79CB

split-complementary

#ECD479 #79CBEC #9A79EC

monochromatic

#CDA91D #E4C343 #ECD479 #F4E5AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#ECD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD479

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD479	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)

#E5D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.115 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a1',
    500: '#ecd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd479;
$custom-light: #f4e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87089,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD479

secondary

#445FC5

accent

#38D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD479

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

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