#ECD480#ECD480

#ECD480 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.108 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD480
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 128)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 45.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -2.67, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 44.52, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0074 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.108 94)
XYZ	xyz(62.0336, 66.4808, 29.9823)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD480 #8098EC

analogous

#EC9E80 #ECD480 #CEEC80

triadic

#ECD480 #80ECD4 #D480EC

tetradic

#ECD480 #80EC9E #8098EC #EC80CE

square

#ECD480 #80EC9E #8098EC #EC80CE

split-complementary

#ECD480 #80CEEC #9E80EC

monochromatic

#D2AA1F #E4C24B #ECD480 #F4E6B5 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#ECD480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD480

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD480	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.108 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a6',
    500: '#ecd480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd480;
$custom-light: #f4e1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8719,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.66478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD480

secondary

#4B66C6

accent

#3CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD480

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

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