#ECD481#ECD481

#ECD481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.106 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD481
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -2.58, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 44.03, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.007 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.106 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0998, 66.5072, 30.3307)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD481 #8199EC

analogous

#EC9F81 #ECD481 #CFEC81

triadic

#ECD481 #81ECD4 #D481EC

tetradic

#ECD481 #81EC9F #8199EC #EC81CF

square

#ECD481 #81EC9F #8199EC #EC81CF

split-complementary

#ECD481 #81CFEC #9F81EC

monochromatic

#D3AB20 #E4C24C #ECD481 #F4E6B6 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#ECD481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD481

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD481	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)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.106 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a7',
    500: '#ecd481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd481;
$custom-light: #f4e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87205,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD481

secondary

#4B67C6

accent

#3CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD481

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

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