#ECD572#ECD572

#ECD572 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.122 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD572
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -4.44, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 51.53, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.014 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.122 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4257, 66.6388, 25.5433)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD572 #7289EC

analogous

#EC9872 #ECD572 #C6EC72

triadic

#ECD572 #72ECD5 #D572EC

tetradic

#ECD572 #72EC98 #7289EC #EC72C6

square

#ECD572 #72EC98 #7289EC #EC72C6

split-complementary

#ECD572 #72C6EC #9872EC

monochromatic

#C9A81B #E5C53C #ECD572 #F3E5A8 #FBF5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#ECD572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD572

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD572	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.122 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e19d',
    500: '#ecd572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd572;
$custom-light: #f4e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87197,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD572

secondary

#3E57C4

accent

#33D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD572

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

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